Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 366 Qingwen

After Mr. Jia Dairu left, Jia Rui whispered in Mrs. Wang's ear: "Grandma, is this true? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes, and then said, "Who said I didn't tell you? Maybe you forgot?"

Jia Rui rolled his eyelids and thought for a long time, as if this was vaguely true.

However, I didn't seem to take it to heart at the time, and just asked Wangcai to send some cloth and money to the little nun Jingchen, and that was the end of the matter.

"Humph, you remember it."

Jia Rui knew it was his fault, so he licked his face and said, "Isn't this because I am busy with court affairs? I accidentally forgot about this matter."

Mrs. Wang has figured out what kind of virtue her grandson has over the years, so she can only shake her head and tap Jia Rui's forehead with her finger, "You, you should be more careful."

Jia Rui pretended to be honest, laughed, and asked flatteringly: "I wonder if Jingchen gave birth to a boy or a girl?"

"It's a boy." Mrs. Wang said proudly.

Speaking of which, among Jia Rui's wives and concubines, the one who has the best relationship with Mrs. Wang is actually this little nun who cleanses the dust.

Since Mrs. Wang is getting older, she is more and more concerned about things involving gods and ghosts, and Jingchen used to be a nun, so now the two of them have the best conversation.

Therefore, every few days, Mrs. Wang would go to Jingchen's small courtyard to spend a day with her.

In this way, after this period of time, Mrs. Wang has almost regarded Jingchen as her own granddaughter.

This time, Jingchen was pregnant and was about to give birth. Although the news had been sent to Jia Rui, Jia Rui only sent some things but did not reply. Finally, her personal maid became anxious and hurriedly reported to Mrs. Wang.

After Mrs. Wang knew about it, she originally wanted to send a message to Jia Rui, but Jia Rui left Beijing for Tianjin. The old lady had no choice but to be busy. Finally, Jingchen gave birth to a son to Jia Rui the day before yesterday.

After Jia Rui heard that it was a son, there was not much excitement on his face.

After all, he already had several children, and he was no longer as ecstatic as he was when he first had his son.

"What are you going to do next?" Mrs. Wang asked.

"What else can we do? Just take it back." Jia Rui said nonchalantly.

"But I think that girl Jingchen doesn't want to be dragged into the house." Mrs. Wang said very annoyed.

"It's not up to her." Jia Rui replied impatiently.

"Don't be ridiculous, that Jingchen is a good boy." Mrs. Wang finally showed a hint of anger.

When Jia Rui saw Mrs. Wang's face, she finally said nothing. In fact, she was a little jealous. His grandma was actually angry with him over a concubine?

"Let me see, buy her a big house nearby and let her move there. It can also be regarded as your outer room. When the child grows up in the future, it won't be shameful to tell her." Mrs. Wang expressed her thoughts.

"Then let's do it." Jia Rui nodded.

"Okay, I'll order the people below to find a house." Mrs. Wang stood up happily and hurried out.

Looking at Mrs. Wang walking away, Jia Rui felt abandoned.

Jia Rui left the outer study and returned to the inner house dejectedly. As soon as he walked into Xue Baochai's yard, he heard a burst of noise inside.

Jia Rui had a headache.

Since returning home from the Supreme Emperor, Jia Rui felt that nothing had gone smoothly for him.

Listening carefully again, one of the voices arguing inside was Sister You, and the other voice was Xie Xiu'e who he had brought back from Tianjin.

Jia Rui thought for a while and felt that if he went in now, he would be a different person inside and outside, so he might as well hide himself!

No wonder Jia Rui had this idea, he was really frightened by these women.

You said that when you first came into contact with these women, all of them were gentle and pleasant. How come they became fierce and vicious after being with you for a long time?

Jia Rui was thinking as he walked out.

Soon Jia Rui slipped out of Dingxihou Mansion and came to Ningrong Street.

After arriving on the street, looking at the crowds coming and going and the vendors hawking, Jia Rui felt that his mind was finally relaxed, so he followed the crowd to the east.

Here we want to talk about Ningrong Street. Ningguo Mansion is at the east end, Rongguo Mansion is in the middle, and Jia Ruixin’s Dingxihou Mansion is at the west end.

As I was walking like this, I suddenly saw a figure hurriedly slipping into an alley.

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment. If this wasn't Jia Baoyu, who was it?

Then Jia Rui felt angry in his heart, "Jia Baoyu, I asked you to study hard, but you are disobedient and dare to be lazy and absent from class again. Let's see how I deal with you today."

In fact, Jia Rui was ready to unleash the anger he had been holding in all morning on Jia Baoyu.

Then Jia Rui quickened his pace and followed Jia Baoyu into an alley. He wanted to see what good deeds Jia Baoyu was going to do. If he caught the other party's dirty deeds, he would be punished for multiple crimes.

As a result, when I went in, I saw Jia Baoyu following an old woman, walking in in a hurry, not paying attention to the person following behind.

Looking at Jia Baoyu like this, does it look like something is really going on?

Jia Rui was a little puzzled. What could happen to Jia Baoyu, a rice bug?

So he used Qinggong to follow the two of them lightly, and then came to a small courtyard.

This small courtyard is closely adjacent to the backyard of Rongguo Mansion, and it looks very neatly decorated. Immediately afterwards, he watched the old woman lead Jia Baoyu into the courtyard gate. After a while, the old woman came out again, and finally disappeared quickly.

Seeing no one around, Jia Rui jumped over the courtyard wall lightly. When he went in, he saw a small square courtyard with a wall on one side and houses on the other three sides.

Jia Rui lowered his head and heard the voices of Jia Baoyu and a woman in the side room.

Jia Rui sneaked over and listened under the window, and slowly understood what was going on.

It turns out that the woman in this room is none other than Qingwen, one of Jia Baoyu's eldest maids.

I don’t know which immortal Qingwen offended. Someone made slanderous remarks about Mrs. Wang, so Qingwen was kicked out.

And Qingwen doesn't have a mother-in-law, so her closest relative is her cousin.

To say that his cousin also has a name and a surname. In the Dream of Red Mansions, he is also the famous "Multiple Bug".

His wife is the "Lamp Girl" who had a one-night stand with Jia Lian.

To say that Duohun Chong was able to buy a courtyard in such a tight place was thanks to Qingwen's favor in front of Jia Baoyu.

But he didn't expect that after Qingwen was kicked out, his cousin thought that Qingwen was a burden, so he just threw her in a side room and left her alone.

Let's be honest, none of the girls in Jia Baoyu's yard are cheap.

Especially the seven or eight maids next to Jia Baoyu, except Qingwen, all of them have been touched by Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu also wanted to have sex with Qingwen several times, but Qingwen sternly refused every time.

I don’t know if it’s because the best is what you can’t get. Gradually, Qingwen became the most favored maid in Jia Baoyu’s yard.

However, people climbed up and down quickly. It didn't take long before Qingwen was kicked out. She was sick again and was lying in a broken house alone.

Jia Rui felt bored after listening for a while, so he turned around and left the yard and came to the entrance of the alley.

Jia Rui hadn't been squatting for long when he saw Jia Baoyu running out of the small yard in a panic, as if he was chasing a dog.

Jia Baoyu didn't notice Jia Rui who was so close at hand. He was looking ahead and running!

As a result, Jia Rui gently reached out and grabbed Jia Baoyu's arm. Jia Baoyu rushed forward a few steps due to inertia. If Jia Rui hadn't been so strong, he would have fallen out.

When the frightened Jia Baoyu stood firm, he turned around and was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat.

If you want to say who Jia Baoyu is most afraid of now, it is Jia Rui. Even his father Jia Zheng can only be ranked second now.

"Brother Rui, I didn't miss school, my husband and I took leave." Jia Baoyu turned pale with fright.

"What are you doing here?" Jia Rui asked knowingly.

Jia Baoyu opened his mouth, but no words came out for a long time.

Jia Rui originally wanted to marry Jia Baoyu and Qingwen, but he immediately lost interest after seeing Jia Baoyu's cowardice.

"Okay, let's go back to school quickly."

When Jia Baoyu heard that Jia Rui let him go, he nodded as if he was amnesty, and then ran away quickly.

Looking at Jia Baoyu leaving, Jia Rui didn't know what to say to him.

Speaking of Jia Baoyu in Dream of Red Mansions, at the time when Qingwen died, his family was still rich, so he bought a lot of fools with dozens of taels of silver, and then he was able to set up a small yard for Qingwen.

But Jia Baoyu only went over to look at it a few times, but he didn't leave any property for Qingwen.

There was a section where Qingwen wore four silver bracelets around her hands and neck. Jia Baoyu thought Qingwen was tired, so she took them off her hands and neck and put them under the pillow.

Every time he saw this paragraph before, Jia Rui felt angry at Jia Baoyu's stupidity.

Qingwen is not stupid. She insists on wearing four heavy silver bracelets around her hands and neck. This is to protect her last property and to provide the final guarantee for her destiny.

After Jia Baoyu took off Qingwen's bracelet, the bracelet never appeared again until Qingwen's death. In the end, everyone knew where the bracelet went.

If Qingwen still keeps these four heavy silver bracelets, she still has a chance of survival. It is precisely because Jia Baoyu took pity on Qingwen and took off her silver bracelets that Qingwen had to return to the underworld.

Every time he watches Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Rui feels sorry for Qingwen, a little maid with a heart as high as the sky and a life as thin as paper.

If he hadn't met her and Qingwen had died, Jia Rui might have just sighed and not taken it to heart, but now that she had met her, if Jia Rui didn't save her, he wouldn't have been able to get through the decades of watching Dream of Red Mansions in his heart.

So Jia Rui straightened his clothes, went to the small courtyard and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" A gentle voice came from inside.

(End of this chapter)