Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 201 Changes
Jia Baoyu entered and saw Jia's mother sitting in the middle, with Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and Aunt Xue beside her.

Sitting below are Wang Xifeng, Xue Baochai, Li Zhi, etc., and below them are Lin Daiyu and other sisters.

When everyone saw Jia Baoyu coming, they really thought it was a phoenix flying back.

Jia Baoyu first apologized to Wang Xifeng because he was late.

Wang Xifeng didn't care much about Jia Baoyu's lateness, and let him go with a gentle smile.

At this time, Jia Mu said, "Why did you run out without saying hello today? If things go on like this, it's okay. I'll tell your master tomorrow and see how he deals with you."

Jia Baoyu stood there and listened submissively.

Seeing him like that, Mother Jia felt a little distressed, so she softened her tone and asked softly: "Where have you gone? Tell me the truth."

Jia Baoyu took a peek at Wang Xifeng and Xue Baochai who were sitting there, and finally lowered her head and said, "One of the concubines of King Beijing died yesterday. I saw that he cried a lot, so I went to stay with him today."

Wang Xifeng, who was sitting below, felt a little awkward. I had a great birthday. What are you talking about? Isn't this trying to bring bad luck to me?

However, she knew that Jia's mother was partial to Jia Baoyu, so she didn't say anything, but just trimmed the smile on her face.

Xue Baochai, who was sitting opposite her, could see Wang Xifeng's unhappiness, but he did not go up to comfort her. After all, this was someone else's business, so why should she, an outsider, interfere.

Jia Mu, who was sitting above, comforted Jia Baoyu for a few more words, and then began to watch the play.

I don’t know who arranged the show today, but today I started singing "Jing Chai Ji".

Although this is also a play involving talented people and beautiful ladies, there are many deaths in this play, so it cannot be considered an auspicious play.

"Jing Chai Ji" tells the story: Qian Zaihe had a daughter, Qian Yulian, and planned to marry Wang Shipeng, the son of his old friend Wang, while his step-sibling Sun wanted to marry his grandnephew Ruquan. Let Qian Yulian make his own choice.

Qian Yulian chose Jing Chai as a gift from Wang Shipeng and married Wang Shipeng.Wang Shipeng passed the exam, but was banished to Chaozhou to serve as a prisoner because he refused to allow Qin Hui to recruit a wife. Sun Ruquan forged Wang Shipeng's family letter, saying that Wang Shipeng had recruited a bride in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and changed Qian Yulian as his concubine.Sun forced Qian Yulian to remarry Sun Ruquan.

Qian Yulian refused and threw herself into the river, but was rescued by Fujian pacifier Deng Jiehou.Wang Shipeng sent someone to take his mother to Chaozhou. When he heard the bad news about Qian Yulian, he was deeply saddened and planned to find Sun Ruquan to defend her. Sun Ruquan also threw himself into the river because of Qian Yulian's death.

At that time, Deng Jiehou and his wife went on a tour of Chaozhou. They pretended to have a daughter, forcibly married Wang Shipeng, and even asked Jingchai to be his wife.On the night of the wedding, the truth becomes clear.

The play looks like it has a happy ending, but it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

Sun Ruquan in the play can be regarded as an infatuated lover who can commit suicide for love, which is no worse than the protagonist.

But it was a bit inappropriate for this to appear on Wang Xifeng's birthday, as if it was cursing Wang Xifeng's marriage for troubles.

However, only one or two smart women saw it. The others did not understand the meaning and were still watching the show stupidly.

Who is Jia Mu sitting in the middle?She was a person who had been involved in the conspiracy in the back house all her life. But as soon as the drama started, she knew that there was a villain who was hindering her.

But on this happy day, she couldn't lose her temper, so she quickly smiled and said to Jia Baoyu and others:
"Today is a great day for Feng Yatou. Please propose a toast to her."

Jia Baoyu brought hot wine to Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng took the glass and drank it in one gulp.

Jia Mu pretended to be happy and ordered others to toast.

After a while, some respectable daughters-in-law from the family came over one by one to pay respect to Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng soon forgot her unhappiness, and was happy to accept everyone who came, and drank seven or eight glasses of wine in a short while.

Then came Youshi, Xue Baochai and others to pay homage to Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng pushed Youshi who was coming closer, and said to Jia Mu above: "Old ancestor, I have been eating for several minutes, but I can't eat anymore."

Jia's mother refused to obey her and ordered You: "Press her on the chair and you all take turns to respect her. If she doesn't eat, I will go there myself."

When You heard about it, she hurriedly smiled and pulled Wang Xifeng to sit down again. She ordered someone to bring hot wine and said with a smile: "It's difficult for you to be filial to the old lady, my wife and me all year round. I have nothing to love you today. I will pour a glass of wine myself." Be obedient and take a sip from my hand."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "You must respect me with peace of mind. Kneel down and I will drink."

Youshi smiled and said: "You don't know who you are! Let me tell you, it's so easy to do this. After this, who knows if it will be like this again? If you ask me, if you are sensible, drink two cups quickly. .”

Wang Xifeng saw that she couldn't hide, so she could only drink from Youshi's hand.

Then Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu and other sisters also came to toast.

Since Wang Xifeng made the first move, there was no reason to refuse, so she drank everything in one go.

Originally, Wang Xifeng thought it would be over here, but she never expected that Jia Mu would wink at Yuanyang and the others.

At this moment, Yuanyang, Xiren and other well-known maids also came over to toast.

Wang Xifeng drank as usual, but she also felt a little dizzy, her body was weak, and her face was red.

At this time, Wang Xifeng knew that she could no longer drink, so she just ate some food at the table.

Although there was food to hold it down, she had indeed eaten too much wine today. Wang Xifeng felt her heart beating wildly and she couldn't hold it back any longer.She knew that she would make a fool of herself if she continued like this, so she quickly said to Youshi beside her: "I'll go wash my face and come back. You can help me prepare a reward. If they sing well, I'll reward them."

Youshi also saw that Wang Xifeng was too drunk, so she quickly said: "Go quickly, I'm here to watch."

Wang Xifeng then left the table and went outside. Ping'er, who had been waiting, quickly came up to support her.

"Grandma, what's going on? Have you eaten so much wine?"

Wang Xifeng rubbed her temples and said, "Don't say this, help me go back and have a rest."

Ping'er quickly helped Wang Xifeng walk into his yard, but when he reached the verandah, he saw a little maid glanced at them and immediately ran back.

Wang Xifeng is such a clever person. He knew there was something fishy when he saw this scene.

This maid is from Wang Xifeng's yard, and is just a third-class cleaning maid.

Wang Xifeng immediately called her name and stopped her.

When the little maid saw Wang Xifeng calling out her name, she knew she couldn't escape.

He could only pretend to be nonchalant, come to Wang Xifeng with a smile, and give her the blessing.

"Grandma wasn't having a drink in front, so why are you back so early?"

Wang Xifeng snorted, "Little Hoof is playing tricks on me, do you know my tricks, grandma?"

The little maid knew that if she didn't tell the truth, it would be too late, so she could only smile and say: "I was about to go and report the news to grandma, but I didn't expect grandma to come back first."

"Don't say this nonsense is useless. What have you done? I see you now. Come and clean it up!"

Wang Xifeng was really annoyed, and while she was drunk, she slapped the little girl on the ground with two slaps.

This little girl was really frightened this time. She quickly knelt there and said: "The second master just came to the room and slept for a while. When he woke up, he sent someone to check on grandma. He said it was We had just sat down at the table, and it would take a while to arrive. The second master opened the box, took two pieces of silver, two hairpins, and two pieces of satin, and asked me to quietly send them to Bao Er's wife and ask her to come in. . She collected the things and came to our house. The second master asked me to come and see grandma, but I don’t know what happened next. "

What else does Wang Xifeng not know now?Is this Jia Lian's secret act?

In fact, it's no wonder that Jia Lian was there. Wang Xifeng was very guarded against Jia Lian during this period and wouldn't let him get close at all.

Jia Lian is also a man, so he naturally wants to find a place to get angry. Today, he happened to take advantage of Wang Xifeng's absence and wanted to relax, but he didn't expect Wang Xifeng to come back halfway.

Wang Xifeng was a little confused after drinking, and she never thought that she was the one who had wronged Jia Lian first.

Now Wang Xifeng was completely blinded by anger, and entered the yard regardless, came to the door of the bedroom, and listened inside.

Just listen to Jia Lian talking to someone inside.

"It would be better if your wife, the King of Hell, dies sooner or later."

Jia Lian said: "It will be the same if she dies and marries another person, so what?"

The woman said: "She is dead, but you helped Ping'er upright. I'm afraid it will be better."

Jia Lian said: "Now even Ping'er doesn't want me to get involved. Ping'er is too aggrieved and dare not say anything. Why should I be guilty of the 'Yaksha Star' in my life?"

Wang Xifeng became even angrier when she heard this. She slapped Ping'er with a slap in her head, then kicked the door open and broke in.

When I went in, I saw Jia Lian and a pretty woman wrapped in a quilt.

This time Wang Xifeng became even more annoyed. He stepped forward, lifted up the quilt, and beat the woman.

The woman also knew how powerful Wang Xifeng was, so she could only huddle in the corner, cover her body, and let Wang Xifeng beat her.

Ping'er, who was following Wang Xifeng, also went over to help his master beat the woman.

Jia Lian was not happy watching from the side. He had nothing to say when Wang Xifeng beat someone. Why did a girl like you, Ping'er, get involved in this?
So he slapped Ping'er with his backhand, knocking Ping'er to the ground, "Little whore, who are you on the stage and dare to hit someone?"

Wang Xifeng was pretty good to Ping'er. When he saw her being beaten, he immediately became anxious, threw the woman away, turned around and bumped into Jia Lian.

"Well, Chen Shimei, if you make a mistake and still dare to hit someone, why don't you just use a rope and strangle me to death?"

Jia Lian was already a little annoyed by Wang Xifeng's troubles, and after drinking wine, he became angry.

He pushed Wang Xifeng away, came to the bed in two steps, and pulled out his sword.

While shouting, he rushed towards Wang Xifeng, "Are you seeking death? I will help you, sir."

Wang Xifeng just wanted to scream and scream, but she didn't really want to die. When she saw Jia Lian rushing over with a sword, she was so frightened that she pushed away the mother-in-law who tried to dissuade her, and ran outside crazily.

(End of this chapter)