Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 62 Rejection
Xue Baochai was not prepared to let Aunt Xue go to see Jia Mu alone, so she was prepared to follow her mother and check for any omissions at any time.

Yuanyang has always been at Jia Mu's side, and she is clear about what Jia Mu discussed with Aunt Lai and others yesterday.

She also knew that Xue Baochai was a smart person. If she followed Aunt Xue, things would be in trouble.

But she had no reason to refuse, so she could only accept with a smile.

A few people tidied up, and then they went straight to Jiamu's Rongqing Hall with their maids.

The little maid raised the door curtain, and Yuanyang personally helped Aunt Xue into the main hall, followed by Xue Baochai.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw Jia Mu reclining in the middle, with Nanny Lai waiting on her side, and two middle-aged women sitting next to her.

Xue Baochai was also very familiar with these two people. One was Jia She's wife Xing, and the other was Jia Zheng's wife Wang.

As soon as Xue Baochai saw this posture, he knew that today would be a difficult test.

Aunt Xue took Xue Baochai to salute Jiamu, and then Jiamu above smiled and ordered the maid below to bring chairs for them.

After sitting down, Mrs. Wang, who had been sitting in the slant, smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Baochai has become more beautiful."

Xue Baochai stood up and bowed to Mrs. Wang, then smiled and replied, "Auntie praised you."

Although everyone was pretending to be troubled, on the surface they acted as if nothing had happened, and began to chat about homework.

As she was talking, Mother Jia led the conversation to Xue Pan intentionally or unintentionally.

"Your boy hasn't come to the house during this time! I heard Baoyu said he hasn't been to school for many days."

Since Xue Baochai hadn't had time to tell Aunt Xue about the reason, Aunt Xue still doesn't know what exactly happened to Xue Pan?
She only knew that her son lost money and even the house in gambling, so she hid in fear.

This is a shameful thing, but relatives should not know.

"He's a bit of a donkey, running around, and I don't know where he went."

"Haha, children like to run around without restraint."

Mother Jia made a perfunctory sentence, and then I continued, "But I heard that your family Xue Pan and Madam Lai's family have some conflicts. It happens that everyone is here today. I, the old woman, put aside this face and reconcile for you."

After saying this, she glanced sideways at Aunt Lai.

Nanny Lai hurried forward and knelt down in front of Aunt Xue: "My aunt is a fool in our family, please forgive us a lot this time!"

Aunt Xue was overwhelmed by Nanny Lai, so she quickly stood up and helped Nanny Lai up.

"Mother Lai, I'm really confused by you."

Xue Baochai, who was sitting next to her, did not stand up like her mother, but sat still as if nothing had happened.

Jia's mother above saw all the scenes below. When she saw Xue Baochai's behavior, she knew that Xue Baochai already knew the whole story.

"It's all from my own family. Make it clear. If you make mistakes, just correct them. Fortunately, there is no big trouble, and you can make up for it." Jia Mu knew that Xue Baochai was not easy to fool, so she pointed it out.

After hearing this, Nanny Lai opened her mouth a few times, but in the end she still didn't say anything.

Because this matter is so embarrassing, if it gets out, even relatives may not be able to do it.

Seeing that Nanny Lai did not open her mouth, Mother Jia sighed and winked at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was very reluctant when she saw Mother Jia's gesture.

Nanny Lai is really too bold. In order to please Jia Mu, she dared to attack her sister's family, and now she has to come out and say good things by herself.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang pretended not to see Jia Mu's signal, she lowered her head and coiled her string of beads in her hands.

Since no one spoke, the whole hall suddenly fell silent.

After a long while, Grandma Lai finally couldn't stand it any longer. She knelt down on the ground in front of Aunt Xue and told her the whole story.

Nanny Lai was actually forced to come here. If Xue Baochai was not around, she would only beg Aunt Xue to find Jia Rui and rescue her grandson.

But Xue Baochai was present, if he said such nonsense, Xue Baochai could push her back, and the matter would not be done, and the trouble would be even worse.

So just pour the beans through the bamboo tube and explain everything.

After hearing Mammy Lai's words, Aunt Xue's face was very ugly.

Although their family lived under someone else, they never thought that other people's servants would dare to bully their own family.

Therefore, Aunt Xue lost the enthusiasm she had just now, and sat there silent.

Seeing that things froze, Jia's mother hurried out to smooth things over.

"This time it's the fault of Aunt Lai's family. Fortunately, it was all the boys down there who were messing around. Nothing serious happened. Concubine, for my sake, please spare them this time."

Saying this, Mother Jia winked at Nanny Lai.

Aunt Lai was also smart. She knelt down a few steps forward, took out a stack of banknotes from her arms, held them in both hands and handed them to Aunt Xue.

"Auntie is because our family has eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai. Your lord, please let us go. This is 2 taels of silver, and it should be given to your family as compensation."

When Aunt Xue heard that it was 2 taels of silver, her eyes lit up, and she reached out to pick it up, but Xue Baochai, who was next to her, knew that her husband was staring at Nanny Lai’s house. How could she pick up the mere 2 taels? ?
So he gently tugged on Aunt Xue's sleeve, and said first: "We don't dare to accept this money, besides, our family has settled for the casino, so there is no need for Mama Lai to worry."

When Mother Jia saw Xue Baochai preventing Aunt Xue from taking the money, she knew that today's matter would not be settled easily.

Even now there is still a way, that is to ask Jia Zheng to intercede with Jia Rui in person, relying on Jia Zheng's favor in finding an official for Jia Rui, Jia Rui cannot refuse.

But how can I talk about this kind of thing to my founder son?

"Old lady, you also know that there is no master in our family. Since I married my uncle, he has been in charge of our family's affairs, so I have to go back and report this matter to the uncle."

After Xue Baochai finished speaking, he took Aunt Xue to salute and say goodbye to Jia Mu.

Mother Jia was a little helpless as she watched the Xue family's mother and daughter leave.

Now she regrets letting Xue Baochai marry Jia Rui.

The Xue family has gained Jia Rui's power and has completely broken away from the Jia family's shackles, but there is nothing they can do about it.

At this point, Jia's mother began to lament the decline of the Jia family. If the Jia family now has a court official, would Jia Rui dare to ignore the Jia family like this?

However, if the people in my own family are not up to date, who can be blamed?
Speaking of which, among the four major families, only the Jia family and the Xue family have declined severely?

As for the Wang family, there is also Wang Ziteng who serves as the envoy of the Beijing camp.

And Jia Mu's natal historian is still a family of two lords. Although they have no rights, their status is there. If they are bullied in a hurry, they will directly play the first book of the Golden Palace, so people generally don't offend the historian very much.

"Old lady, what should we do now?" Grandma Lai was a little anxious.

Jia's mother was relatively calm, because she knew that this matter would be resolved in the end, because no one wanted to quarrel and make a big fuss, but looking at it like this, it was impossible for 2 taels of silver to settle the matter.

It seems that Mammy Lai's family will suffer a lot of blood.

"It seems that the 2 taels of silver are no longer important. Prepare another 2 taels and send them to Lixiangyuan tomorrow."

After hearing this, Nanny Lai's face also turned pale. You must know that 4 taels of silver is not a small amount. Her two sons have only saved a few hundred thousand taels of silver after so many years of tossing around.

Moreover, Lai Da was the one who caused the incident this time, and his younger brother Lai Er may not be willing to pay the money.

If it was only Lai Dachu, his family would be hollowed out.

(End of this chapter)