Red House Shoufu

Chapter 25 Confession
In the afternoon, Daiyu and Wang Xifeng were lying on the same bed and whispering.

Wang Xifeng told Daiyu what happened in the Rongguo Mansion in the past two years, and there were some things that she really couldn't tell Daiyu.

"The old lady is still in good health, but sometimes she always talks about you. My sisters also asked me to bring you a letter. I will sort it out of the box at night and show it to you."

Just from the address, Daiyu could tell something was wrong.But seeing that Wang Xifeng didn't want to say it, she pretended not to hear it.

She asked, "What about the others? The first uncle, the second uncle, and Baoyu..."

It wasn't that Daiyu was thinking about Jia Baoyu in her heart, it was just that in the past two years, in several correspondences, Jia Baoyu's letters gradually changed from a thick pile to a few sentences.

Even in a recent correspondence, he didn't even have a word between his grandmother and a few sisters.

As cousins, Daiyu still hopes that this family relationship can continue.After all, there are only a few of her relatives.

Wang Xifeng hesitated to speak, looked at Daiyu's eyes that seemed to be able to read people's hearts, and finally sighed.

She said: "Sister Xue Jialin of Jinling knows, right? She is my second aunt, the royal merchant Xue's family that Baoyu's aunt married into."

Royal merchant Xue's family?Daiyu thought for a while, and finally remembered a case her brother had told her before. Xue Pan, the head of the Xue family in Jinling, beat someone to death because of a girl.

And this Xue Pan is the nephew of the second aunt. The Xue family is the Jia family of the grandmother, the historian of the sister Xiangyun, and the Wang family of the sister Feng of the second aunt. They are also known as the four major families in Jinling.

Skipping over what her brother said for now, Daiyu wondered why Xue's family went to Rongguo Mansion at this time, has the case already been judged?How did Xue Pan deal with it?
"Sister Feng, I heard from my brother that Xue Pan, the head of the Xue family, committed a murder case. Why did they go to the capital at this time? Has Xue Pan been sentenced?"

Hearing Daiyu's question, Wang Xifeng replied bitterly: "Even you know about this, it's ridiculous that some people in the mansion think what they are doing is impeccable."

She sat up and looked out of the window with blank eyes: "Sister Lin, I have done a lot of stupid and contemptible things before, if it wasn't for your second brother Lian, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to atone for my sins even if I go to hell..."

As she spoke, tears rolled down her face, and Daiyu was so frightened that she got up quickly, a little at a loss.

Daiyu has never seen Wang Xifeng like this before. In her mind, Sister Feng is smart and capable, even better than Zhilian's second brother. She is simply a true hero among the rouge piles.

But at this moment, Wang Xifeng was weak and pitiful, which made her very uncomfortable: "Sister Feng, what's the matter? Could it be that Second Brother Lian bullied you?"

Wang Xifeng shook her head, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and began to tell Daiyu what had happened to her in the past two years.

It turned out that when Jia Lian returned to Beijing suddenly more than two years ago, the first thing she did was to force Wang Xifeng to hand over her account book for private usury.

He dragged her from door to door to apologize, not only waiving the principal, but even paying a lot of money to every household.

For those who suffered casualties due to borrowing money, Jia Lian even knelt in front of the other party, letting them be beaten and scolded, not to fight back.

There is only one thing I want, and that is to end this matter from now on.Immediately thereafter, he published an apology book, asking the emperor to punish him for lax family management.

At the beginning, Wang Xifeng didn't understand why Jia Lian did this. How could it be that she couldn't do it because of how many noble and wealthy families were lending money outside.

So she lost her temper that day, until Jia Lian dug out a copy of "Chu Lu Shu Yi".

"Your Lian's second brother received forty boards, and his back was covered with blood, just to save me from punishment. I really didn't know that the people below were so cruel. One person was killed, and seven or eight others were seriously injured. I I thought it was a debt collection, I didn't think about killing people..."

Wang Xifeng hugged Daiyu and wept. Although she looked the same as before in the past two years, the torment in her heart was still hard for her to let go.

Yingchun Tanchun and others in the family are not suitable to tell, but Daiyu is the most suitable candidate.

Jia Lian once told her that it was Lin Shu who reminded him to resolve this matter as soon as possible.Apart from Jia Lian, the only person she could confide in the remorse and torment she buried in her heart was Daiyu.

Daiyu hugged Wang Xifeng and patted her on the back lightly: "That's a traitor who deceives the master, Sister Feng was just deceived..."

Sister Feng treated herself very well. During the three years in Rongguo Mansion, her food and clothing expenses were carefully arranged by Sister Feng.Even if she wanted to secretly burn paper money for her mother and put fragrance on it, she did it for herself.

Even if some don't distinguish between right and wrong, and some violate morality, Daiyu has already shifted all the responsibility to those servants who execute the loan call.

Wang Xifeng cried on Daiyu's body for a long time, and finally recovered a little.

"Let sister Lin see a joke..."

Daiyu shook her head, sighed and called Xueyan, and asked the servant girl to bring warm water, the two of them washed and dressed, and then continued talking.

"How did Sister Feng come up with the idea of ​​giving loan sharks? Could it be that the monthly regulations in the mansion are not enough, or is it because Second Brother Lian didn't give you the money to spend?"

In Daiyu's impression, Rongguo Mansion gave Wang Xifeng ten taels of silver per month, and with the financial affairs of Rongguo Mansion's inner house in his hand, he could easily come up with hundreds of taels of silver.

What's more, the Wang family's dowry has always been generous. Sister Feng is the legitimate daughter of the Wang family. Even if her parents died early, she brought an extremely generous dowry.

She couldn't figure it out, with such a valuable sister Feng, why would she want to lend usury?

Wang Xifeng hesitated for a moment, then leaned into Daiyu's ear and whispered, "The government's expenses have increased over the past few years, and the money in the treasury has long since bottomed out. I put in a lot of dowry, and I really can't hold it anymore." ..."

Daiyu exclaimed in surprise: "What? How is this possible? I know that Rongguo Mansion is not able to make ends meet, but how come it is reduced to using your dowry to make up for it?"

Wang Xifeng said with a wry smile: "Sister Yuanchun spends tens of thousands of taels of silver every year in the palace, and also goes to Eunuch Dai's place in Longshou Palace from time to time. The old lady likes luxury, and you don't know how many masters there are. Aunt... My second aunt is devoted to worshiping the Buddha, and I dare not bother the old lady, so..."

Daiyu suddenly discovered that her grandmother's house, the majestic Rongguo Mansion, was really rotten from the inside, just as her brother said.

The only one who can do anything is her second cousin, Jia Lian, who she didn't like before.

I only heard Wang Xifeng continue to say: "That day came again to give money to Sister Yuanchun, and the money in the house was less than a thousand taels, so I thought about asking Second Aunt for advice, but Second Aunt asked me to ask the old lady."

Speaking of this, Wang Xifeng said regretfully: "It's all my fault that I was stupid at that time. I didn't go to Rongxi Hall because of the good face. Zhou Rui's family sent me out and gave me an idea, saying that every mansion has a problem. Time. Why don’t you put the usury, firstly, it can turn around for the needy people, and secondly, you can also get some interest income. I don’t know why, but it was the lard that deceived me at that time, so I came up with this idea.”

(End of this chapter)