Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 549 Fan
There was no one else in the room, so Ying'er whispered next to Wang Xifeng: "Your eldest son has caused trouble."

Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes sharpened, "What did he do again?"

"For a few fans, we asked two housekeepers of our family to beat him up and force him to buy fans. As a result, he refused to accept the complaint and went to the Ministry of Punishment."

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"What do I think this is? It's just a matter of a few fans, what does it mean to our family?"

"Second Grandma, the Ministry of Punishment naturally doesn't dare to do anything to our family, but if this matter spreads, the reputation of the eldest master and our eldest son will be damaged."

When it came to Jia Rui, Wang Xifeng immediately became serious. She sat up straight and asked:
"Then what are you going to do?"

"My eldest brother asked me to come and tell you, your eldest brother, to return the fan immediately and pay a hundred taels of silver."

Wang Xifeng nodded when she heard this, feeling that although this would damage the Jia family's reputation, it would be fine if it could cover up the matter.

However, Wang Xifeng felt that this had weakened the morale of the Jia family. A commoner just called out to the Ministry of Punishment a few times, and the Jia family softened. What did the world think of them?
"This matter is easy to handle, but then our family's reputation will be weakened." Wang Xifeng was a little unwilling.

"Second Grandma, I don't know anything about the important affairs of the court, but this matter was assigned by our prince, and it must be done." Ying'er's tone began to become tougher.

Wang Xifeng ignored Ying'er and did not continue to argue with her. She just lazily lay on the bed again.

"If this is the case, then just do as you say."

Then Wang Xifeng shouted outside again, "Xiao Hong, come in."

Following Wang Xifeng's cry, a maid who looked only average to above average but was very neat and tidy came in immediately.

Wang Xifeng then said: "Take Miss Ying'er to the eldest master."

Xiaohong said a thousand blessings and then stood next to Ying'er.

Ying'er also stood up and said the Wan Fu, then looked at Wang Xifeng meaningfully, then turned and left.

After Ying'er left, Ping'er walked in from the outside and said, "Grandma, this old man is so troublesome. He has just had a good few days, and he started to be troubled again."

Wang Xifeng sighed, and then said: "This eldest man in our family, if he doesn't bother, it will be like killing him."

However, Wang Xifeng soon became serious again. She said: "As soon as this incident came out, the reputation of our Jia family will be weakened. What do you think our prince is thinking."

Ping'er frowned slightly, "Grandma, it's just a small matter. The prince should be doing this to cherish the feathers. When the matter subsides, we can do something in secret. How will others know."

Wang Xifeng didn't say much, but her eyes became dark.

Besides, Ying'er followed Xiaohong to a small courtyard to the east of Rongguo Mansion, where Jia She lived.

To put it into perspective, the size of this courtyard is not small, it can even be said to be a reduced mansion.

It is only connected to Rongguo Mansion through the Moon Gate, and other places are completely independent.

This is very strange. The eldest man of Rongguo Mansion does not live in Rongguo Mansion, but has a separate residence in the courtyard next to it.

Ying'er was no longer as silly and sweet as before. As she walked, she looked at the small mansion and found that although it was small in size, the sparrow had all the internal organs even though it was small.

It was also built according to a serious official residence, and it was also in line with Jia She's grade.

Soon they arrived in front of the main house. A maid came up and asked Xiaohong what happened, and then went in to report.

After a while, a message came from inside, asking Xiaohong and Ying'er to go in together.

The two of them entered the room and looked up carefully. Sitting in the middle was Mrs. Xing.

The two of them bowed to Mrs. Xing in accordance with the rules. Mrs. Xing smiled and told them to level up before they dared to stand up. "Why did your grandma ask you to come here?" Mrs. Xing asked Ying'er who was standing next to her.

"Go back to the eldest lady, something happened to the eldest man of your house outside. Our prince asked the eldest man of your house to return a few fans and pay one hundred taels of silver."

Mrs. Xing naturally knew what Jia She had done in the past two days.

"It's just a few fans, so what?"

Mrs.

Ying'er's tone became a little stern, "Our prince didn't say much else. He just asked me to come and ask for the fan and silver from the eldest master?"

Mrs. Xing looked at Ying'er, then nodded, stood up and turned to the back.

After a while, Ying'er and Xiaohong, who were in the room, faintly heard the noise behind them, but it didn't last long. After a while, Mrs. Xing came back with a box.

"These are the things you bring back."

As she spoke, Mrs. Xing pushed the box forward.

Ying'er stepped forward to take the box, said goodbye and left.

After Ying'er left, Mrs. Xing complained to Xiaohong: "I'm jumping up and down at home over a trivial matter. I don't know what our prince is thinking."

At this time, Xiaohong closed her mouth tightly, not daring to answer a word.

When Mrs. Xing saw that Xiao Hong was like a lump of wood, she lost interest and waved her away.

Besides, Ying'er left Rongguo Mansion holding the box and soon returned to Jia Rui's side.

After entering the room, he saw Jia Rui lying lazily on the recliner with melons, pears and peaches next to him.

And Xue Baochai was sitting not far from Jia Rui, sewing small clothes.

Xue Baochai sewed her second son's clothes. She did all these things herself and never let others interfere.

"Uncle, I brought the things back."

After hearing this, Jia Rui opened his eyes and sat up straight.

"Oh, bring it here and let me see what kind of treasure it is."

Ying'er hurried forward and handed the box to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui took the box and opened it. He picked up a few pieces and took a look. He saw that these fans were all made by Xiang Fei, brown bamboo, elk, and polygonatum. They were all authentic paintings by ancient people.

No wonder Jia She was obsessed with these fans, they were indeed not ordinary objects.

Not to mention Jia She, even Jia Rui couldn't put it down now. He gently opened it and admired the ancient paintings inside, and gradually a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"If you like it, uncle, why don't you ask the people outside to tell the Ministry of Justice." Ying'er said, blinking next to her.

Jia Rui came to his senses and put the fan back into the box, "A gentleman does not take away people's love. Besides, this thing is not diluting ancient things. There is no need to ruin your reputation because of these things."

Then Jia Rui pushed the box aside, and Xue Baochai put down her needlework and came over, picking up the fans in the box and admiring them one by one.

She quickly put the fan back and asked, "Didn't I say there are still one hundred taels of silver?"

(End of this chapter)