Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 580 Forced
After hearing Jia Mu's words, Jia She completely collapsed.

He has done a lot of ridiculous things over the years. The family really relied on his second brother to support him. Now he is named Rongguo Duke because he is the eldest son. In fact, he has no credit for Rongguo Mansion.

Now that his mother is telling him about the past events of Rongguo Mansion over the years, Jia She really has no way to refute.

"Okay, that's it. In two days, you will submit a statement and ask the emperor to make Baoyu the crown prince."

Wang Xifeng, who had been silent below, took a peek at Jia Mu above, with disdain on her lips and ridicule in her eyes.

In fact, Wang Xifeng had already seen that Jia Mu wanted to hand over all the family property in Rongguo Mansion to Baoyu.

However, Wang Xifeng pretended to comply with Jia Mu's wishes and never argued with Jia Mu.

This is because Wang Xifeng has a trump card in her heart, and she doesn't believe that Jia Rui can hand over Rongguo Mansion to others instead of her own son.

In fact, she was a little unhappy. She heard that Jia Rui's other sons had all been crowned kings, but her son Jia Ping could only get the title of Duke of Rong in the end. She felt that her son had suffered a loss.

Mother Jia looked at her decadent son and let out a sigh of relief in her heart. Fortunately, her son had been suppressed by her over the years and had lost his temper. If he was still like when he was young, he might really get into trouble with her.

Jia's mother did not blame Jia She for his rudeness. She knew that now she should let her son vent his anger. If he was really forced into a corner, the whole family would end up in trouble.

However, Jia Mu also knew that at this time, she could no longer be too oppressive, so Jia Mu said with a smile:

At this time, Jia Baoyu, who was still in the Grand View Garden, was having tea with Lin Daiyu in Yihong Courtyard, while chatting and joking with the maids in the courtyard.

In this era of feudal dynasty that governs the world with "filial piety", the mother has already spoken, and what she said is reasonable and well-founded. As a son, he can only obey.

Although he agreed with his mother, it did not mean that Jia She had no temper. He waved his sleeves and left Rongxi Hall angrily.

When the eldest family members left and only Jia Zheng's second room was left, Jia's mother sighed and said to Jia Zheng:

Now Jia Baoyu lives a very comfortable life. His wife is Sister Lin, whom he misses deeply, and he also has several concubines who know both coldness and hotness.

"What happened today is that I forced your brother to leave this Rongguo Mansion to you. You must remember your brother's goodness in the future."

The two women, Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng, looked at each other, then saluted Mother Jia with livid faces, and left the Rongxi Hall together without saying a word.

So the matter seemed to be settled.

"Don't worry about the future. When the day comes, our Rongguo Mansion will give you 70% of the family property, ensuring that you, the whole family, will have enough food and clothing in the future."

This is exactly Jia Baoyu's dream life.

Mrs. Wang was a little unhappy on her side. She believed that since her son inherited Rongguo Mansion, most of the property in Rongguo Mansion should be left to her son and not to the boss.

But at this time, both the heads of the family, Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, agreed. As a daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, she had nothing else to say.

Jia She looked at his mother and grinned, as if he wanted to smile, but it was uglier than crying.

Although Jia Zheng felt uncomfortable taking away his brother's title, he was a vested interest after all, so he couldn't say anything. He could only promise his mother and promise to give more to his brother when the property was divided in the future.

Just as Jia Baoyu was joking with Lin Daiyu with the chess records, an old woman rolled in from outside.

Everyone saw that this person was Baoyu's nanny Li.

This Grandma Li is different from ordinary people. You must know that Baoyu has four wet nurses, and except for Nanny Li, the other three rarely show their faces in front of Baoyu.

The main reason for this is that Grandma Li has breastfed Baoyu since he was born, and has worked hard over the years to treat Baoyu as her biological son.

Because of this, she gained the attention of Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Jia Zheng and others, and allowed her to stay with Jia Baoyu.

This also formed the special status of Grandma Li in Yihongyuan.

She Yue, who had been beside Jia Baoyu all the time, saw your mother's embarrassed look and twitched the corner of her mouth and wanted to laugh, but she quickly held it back.

Although She Yue is now Jia Baoyu's concubine and is pregnant, she still has to be respectful when facing Mother Li, and does not ignore her like she did when she was a little maid.

The smart little maid next to her stepped forward to help Nanny Li, patted the dust on her body, and asked with concern:
"What happened to Grandma Li that makes you so anxious?"

Grandma Li pushed away the little maid, rushed to Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, and kept bowing.

"Congratulations to the second master and second grandma."

Jia Baoyu put down the book and asked strangely: "What happy event do I have?"

"Second Master, you don't know, right? The Emperor has just issued an imperial edict to make the First Master the Duke of Rongguo."

Jia Baoyu was stunned for a moment, and then said nonchalantly: "Isn't this an obvious thing? Is there anything to be happy about?"

"My ancestor, you don't know that as soon as the eunuch who delivered the decree left, our old lady discussed with the eldest master to present a memorial and make you the heir apparent."

Mother Li was very happy when she said this. Looking at her dancing, she was almost floating.

After Jia Baoyu heard this, his brows relaxed slightly. Although he didn't care about fame and wealth, it was good to have a status.

Lin Daiyu next to her also looked happy.

Although she, like Jia Baoyu, doesn't like the mundane things of welcoming people and sending them off, she was born in an official family after all, so she still likes to hear about inheriting a title.

"This is a good thing. Invite all the sisters here tonight and let's celebrate in Yihongyuan." Lin Daiyu said with a smile.

Naturally, Jia Baoyu nodded happily and asked the maid below to instruct the kitchen to prepare the food and drinks for tonight.

They were happy, but Wang Xifeng was naturally unhappy.

It turns out that Wang Xifeng is still in charge of the entire Rongguo Mansion. Jia Baoyu sent a message to the big kitchen to prepare food, which naturally exceeded Wang Xifeng's regulations, so the big kitchen sent someone to report to Wang Xifeng.

After Wang Xifeng heard the news, she was so angry that she threw the tea cup down.

"What are you doing? Are you just giving me eye drops for my aunt?"

Seeing that Wang Xifeng was trembling with anger, Ping'er quickly persuaded him: "Baoyu doesn't mean that, I'm afraid he's not thinking carefully."

Wang Xifeng said with an angry face: "He doesn't think well. Isn't there Daiyu beside him? He has eight hundred thoughts."

The person Wang Xifeng is most afraid of in Rongguo Mansion is Lin Daiyu.

(End of this chapter)