Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 264 Farce, watching a show

Jia Rui patted his forehead with his hand and thought carefully, "I heard that there is a kind of criminal law in the yamen. After using it, although people will not die, they will go crazy?"

Wangcai blinked and said jokingly: "I heard it's called 'grooming'. After the execution, not a single piece of good flesh is left on a person's body, and they are all reduced to white bones, but people will not die."

Jia Rui smiled, said nothing more, and then disappeared with square steps.

Wangcai took Jia Rui's hint and went to do things in a hurry.

Early the next morning, Jia Rui came out of the small courtyard feeling refreshed, got on his horse with the help of the servants and guards, and then slowly returned home.

As soon as he entered the house, he bumped into Xue Baochai who was about to go out.

When Xue Baochai saw Jia Rui coming back, he quickly gave him a compliment and hurried out.

Jia Rui touched his head, wondering what happened.

Brother Ying happened to be passing by him and was grabbed by Jia Rui.

"What happened? What makes your grandma so anxious!"

Brother Ying blinked his mischievous eyes, "There's already a commotion over there in the Rongguo Mansion. I'm about to follow Grandma there to see the excitement!"

"Because of what?"

"I heard that the eldest man over there has taken a liking to the old lady's maid, Yuanyang."

After Jia Rui heard this, he also remembered such a passage in Dream of Red Mansions.

"That's their family's business! What did your grandma do in the past?"

"It was Mistress Lian who sent someone to invite the old lady. That's why the old lady asked our grandma to accompany her."

Jia Rui also became interested after hearing this. He was a little bored in the middle of the night yesterday, so he just went to join in the fun today.

So Jia Rui quickly turned around and chased Xue Baochai.

When he came to the second gate, he saw several carriages parked there. His grandmother, Mrs. Wang, was getting into the carriage with the help of several maids and Xue Baochai.

Mrs. Wang had already entered the carriage with one foot and stopped immediately when she saw Jia Rui coming.

Jia Rui hurried forward and gave the old lady a thousand dollars first, and then said with a smile: "The old lady is going to Rongguo Mansion!"

Mrs. Wang sighed, "It's not peaceful over there right now. I'll go over and try to persuade you. Otherwise, what will I do if I get angry?"

Mrs. Wang is also sighing now, why Jia Mu is so unlucky.

There is never any peace for the family.

It is better to live in your own family. Xue Baochai and Jia Rui are filial, and the wives and concubines below do not dare to cause trouble. The family is harmonious and beautiful.

"Old lady, let me go with you. If anything happens over there, I can give you some advice."

Who is Mrs. Wang?She had a clear understanding of her grandson's character.

She looked at the half-smiling expression on Jia Rui's face and knew that this guy wanted to watch the fun.

Mrs. Wang shook her head, ignored him, and got into the carriage.

Jia Rui quickly pulled Xue Baochai into another car.

Then the carriage went out of the second door, then out of the Dingxihou Mansion through the side door, turned the corner, and soon came to the side door of Rongguo Mansion.

There have been people waiting here for a long time.

Therefore, the carriage entered Rongguo Mansion very smoothly, and then stopped in front of the second gate.

Jia Rui jumped out of the second carriage.

The maids and wives outside were shocked when they saw Jia Rui.

They received instructions from Wang Xifeng to greet the old lady and grandma Xue Baochai from the Dingxi Marquis Mansion. Unexpectedly, the Marquis also came.

Then Jia Rui turned around and got Xue Baochai out of the carriage. Mrs. Wang on the other side also got out of the carriage with the help of the maid.

Jia Rui and Xue Baochai quickly stepped forward and followed Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang followed the maids forward and asked, "How is your old lady doing?"

When asked this question, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority from the bottom of her heart.

In the past, my family often came to Rongguo Mansion to enjoy the autumn breeze. It has only been a few years now, and it is their turn to beg for their own family.

"Go back to the old lady, our old lady's place is already in a mess."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang involuntarily quickened her pace.

The group of people arrived at Rongqing Hall very quickly. Before they even entered the courtyard, they heard a stir inside.

And Jia Rui, with his pointed ears, had already heard it. There seemed to be someone quarreling inside. "You guys are quite happy. You live in such a big courtyard and everyone listens to you. Have you ever considered me?"

"Shut up, do you still see me in your eyes?" came Jia Mu's furious voice.

At this moment, Mrs. Wang walked in with Xue Baochai and Jia Rui.

Seeing Mrs. Wang come in, Jia Mu felt like she was seeing a savior, "Sister, you are here. If you don't come, sister, I will be bullied to death by unfilial children."

When Jia She heard what Jia Mu said, he was a little frightened.

Let's be honest, although Jia She is ridiculous, he has nothing to blame in terms of filial piety.

So he quickly knelt down and said, "Old lady, if your son does something wrong, you can hit him if you want, and scold him if you want, but don't dare to be so angry that your body will be broken."

But Jia Mu ignored Jia She and directed her maids to help Mrs. Wang to her side.

After that, she took Mrs. Wang's hand and complained for a while.

"I have only one close friend left, and they are still thinking about me. I am not dead yet, and they can't sit still."

After hearing what Jia Mu said, Jia She could only kneel there and kowtow together.

Mrs. Wang only had a rough understanding of the situation and knew that Jia She was out of tune and fell in love with Yuanyang.

As for what exactly it was, she didn't know.

It turned out that just after breakfast, Yuanyang rushed to Jia Mu with disheveled hair, knelt in front of Jia Mu, crying and talking.

It turns out that Yuanyang has never been quiet these days.

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Finally, when I saw Yuanyang, she couldn't bear it anymore, so she spread rumors in the house that Yuanyang was attracted to Baoyu and wanted to make the young and beautiful Baoyu a concubine.

When Jia Mu heard this, she became a little anxious. She expected that her son would not be so courageous, but she did not expect that Yuanyang had been forced to this point.

According to this scenario, it would be unreasonable for Yuanyang not to become a concubine for my great-grandfather.

Mother Jia was so angry that she slammed the table and immediately asked someone to call Jia She over.

After the elder came to Jia Mu's place, he didn't know what was going on at first. When Jia Mu got angry, he realized that it was his own fault that made Jia Mu anxious.

Mrs. Wang sighed, "Sister, what does Yuanyang mean?"

"What can she mean? She just cut her hair in front of me and said that she would serve me while I was alive and go out to be my sister-in-law after I died." When she said this, Jia Mu began to cry again.

Mrs. Wang sighed, "Poor child."

But Mrs. Wang didn't say much. After all, this was someone else's business. She could only persuade. What else could she do with it?
Jia Rui looked at Jia She, who was still kneeling there. He felt that it was difficult for him to kneel on the ground for others to hear at such an old age, so he stepped forward to persuade him.

"Old lady, my uncle has been kneeling for a long time. If something goes wrong, you may regret it!"

Mother Jia was unhappy after hearing what Jia Rui said, but when she turned around, she saw her son kneeling on the ground. His beard had turned gray. Now he was kneeling and begging for mercy, which was indeed a bit pitiful.

So he said reluctantly: "Why are you still kneeling? Let me help you myself?"

Jia She then dared to get up from the ground, and then stood aside without daring to say anything.

In fact, Jia She was not so reserved in normal times. Even if he made Jia Mu angry, he would just kowtow.

The reason why it is like this now is because Jia Rui is here.

Faced with the chief minister of the dynasty who was inferior to one person but outnumbered ten thousand people, Jia She was frightened from the bottom of his heart to tell the truth.

After Jia Rui begged for mercy from Jia She and the others, he stopped saying anything and stood aside and started watching the show.

At this moment, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang also hurried over.

It was a coincidence that the two of them came. Jia Rui walked into Jia Mu's place and settled the matter, and they came over behind.

As soon as Jia Mu saw Mrs. Xing coming, she felt angry again.

She couldn't bear to blame her son anymore, but she didn't have such big scruples about her daughter-in-law.

"I heard you came to be a matchmaker for your master. You are obedient and virtuous, but your virtuousness is too much! You are now full of grandchildren, and you are still afraid of him, even if you can't even try to persuade him? You still have to rely on your master's temperament. Noisy."

Mrs. Xing felt very aggrieved and opened her mouth to argue, but she immediately shut up when she saw Yi Jia She's eyes that looked like he was about to kill someone.

"I am such a sweetheart. She still thinks about my affairs a little bit. She wants to come when she needs to go. She takes the time to tell them what needs to be added. If it were not for her, I'm afraid no one will know when my old lady dies."

Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Mu and started to cry again while she was talking, and she felt a little disgusted in her heart.

How good your life is, but if you start making trouble over the smallest things, aren't you making yourself unhappy?

Mrs. Wang simply made her words clear, as if persuading and enlightening:
"The eldest nephew is also confused for a moment. Don't get along with him. Since he wants a woman he likes and he can't live without you, why don't you give him a thousand pieces of silver and 800 taels of silver and let him choose as he pleases? There’s always someone you like.”

(End of this chapter)