The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 128
Zhou Rui's family also knew that this matter was of great importance and could not be spread casually, so she hurriedly turned around and went out to inquire again, and even called Jia Zheng's servants for questioning, and finally believed that what the second master was talking about was indeed Liu Guogong's mansion, and Not their home.

Mrs. Wang slumped down on the large carved chair: "I should have let go of my grudges and went to the Xing family to talk about it in person, otherwise I would not have gotten to where I am today. The Xing family did not get along with the eldest wife, and now it is dragging the empress down. Blame me for being narrow-minded?"

Zhou Rui's family was taken aback, it was rare for his wife to take the blame on him, it was obvious that this matter was no small matter, and the blow to his wife must not be taken lightly.Zhou Rui's family hurriedly laughed and said: "My wife is overthinking again. Even if this young master of the Xing family is gone, there are still precious people in our palace who are pregnant. Isn't that our mother's? But it all depends on the empress's will. The empress is kind, so she will be spared. The empress does not want to see her, and she does not need to do anything. Naturally, there are people who come forward to flatter the horse and take care of this disaster for the empress. In the end, our empress has to There is a son, so what does it matter who bears this son?"

Mrs. Wang sighed softly: "I thought so too at first, if I hadn't looked at Xue Baoqin in a daze, she was quite similar to Yun girl, I don't need to offend Aunt Xue, I would have lost Bao girl's quota Girl Qin pushes it up."

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly answered: "That's because my wife is thoughtful. Precious people are much more worry-free than Miss Bao."

"It's just that someone is already thinking about the child in her belly!" Mrs. Wang choked up and said, "Girl Qin is very lucky. She will be favored when she enters the palace, and she will conceive when she is favored. Even when our mother was the most beautiful, she didn't go so smoothly." It's going well. The empress sent word from the palace, and even the Queen's Palace is staring at this baby, I'm afraid the empress can't protect the precious person's security?"

Since ancient times, when a woman gives birth to a child, she does not hesitate to go through the gate of hell.

The face of Zhou Rui's family changed: "Madam, do you mean that someone wants to harm the precious person?"

Mrs. Wang shook her head slowly: "It's Concubine Zhou and Concubine Wu who want to get something for nothing. They have long cared about the child in the womb of the precious man."

Zhou Rui's family was so angry that they jumped their feet: "These gangs who kill thousands of knives have nothing to do with themselves, so why go to snatch them." Before they finished speaking, they realized that these words were actually indirectly criticizing Concubine Yuan, and the corners of Zhou Rui's mouth suddenly burst Twitching, looking at Mrs. Wang's face, she dared not go any further.

Mrs. Wang glanced at her lazily. In the past, Zhou Rui's family would always get a slap on the face, but Mrs. Wang is not in the mood at all.She supported Caiyun, followed by her obedient companion, and the group went to Jia Zheng's foreign study.

Jia Zheng was also discussing with Jia She about going to Liu's house to congratulate him at the moment, and when he heard that it was the second wife who came in, he was somewhat displeased.

Jia She said with a smile: "Siblings don't have intentions either. We all know that the emperor has the final say on such matters. Haven't you heard? In order to exclude the Xing family, the Lord Long Live even moved Ouyang from Yangzhou." Home! According to my point of view, all the Xing family and Liu Guogong's mansion should be put aside, and the Ouyang family should be taken care of first to be serious."

When Mrs. Wang came in, she just heard the second half of the sentence, and hurriedly said: "What the elder said is exactly, and the concubine also thinks the same way. The emperor has made it clear that he does not want his highness to have a reputation of being abandoned by others, saying that he is a scholar. The first Ouyang family to adopt is always a hundred times better than the Xing family!"

Jia Zheng was silent, and Jia Amnesty got up to leave. As he walked towards the door, he said sarcastic words: "Second brother, don't chew too much, you'll lose your good teeth!"

After finishing speaking without looking back, Mrs. Wang leaned close to Jia Zheng, and lightly tugged on Jia Zheng's sleeve: "My lord, what my lord said is not unreasonable, it's a done deal, we can't expect the emperor to change his original intention, right?" !"

The more Jia Zheng thought about this, the angrier he became, he threw off Wang's hand, and said angrily, "You have the guts to say it? I told you to prepare 2 taels of silver to send to the Xing family, but what did you do? thing?"

Mrs. Wang looked aggrieved: "Master is not in charge of the house, how do you know how expensive this firewood, rice, oil and salt are? I would like to give it away, but what about the silver? The master asked for 2 taels, what a generous tone!"

"Do you think I'm confused? The old lady was afraid that you would not be able to handle this matter properly. She asked Yuanyang to pack up the money at the bottom of her box and collected 1 taels. Now she only asks you to add another 1. Could it be that you are cutting your flesh?" ? You foolish woman! Instead of giving it to me, I also greedy the old lady’s [-] taels of silver. If I didn’t see it for the sake of our husband and wife for many years.”

Mrs. Wang flicked her handkerchief, and immediately sneered: "The master also knows that we have been husband and wife for many years? You have forgotten the love when I was young! Now that you know, I am not afraid to tell the master that I gave the money to the mother. We have No matter how great your ability is, you will never be able to beat your empress to say a word in front of the emperor!"

When Mrs. Wang got married, like Wang Xifeng, she had a dowry of 3 taels of silver, not counting the shop and the farm, which received about 4000 taels of bonus every year.If it weren't for the money, Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng would not have such confidence.But since Yuanchun entered the palace, all the private money in Mrs. Wang's hands that could be moved was sent to the palace, and Sister Feng used her dowry to make up for it when the family used it for a long time.

That day, Yuanyang sent 1 taels of silver. Although the old lady told her to send it to the Xing family in every possible way, Mrs. Wang's head became hot, and she wrapped it up and secretly handed it into the palace.

Jia Zheng and Wang broke up because of a quarrel, and the former went to Jia's mother to make amends.The old lady was really furious when she heard this, and she called Wang Shi with her sick body, and forced Wang Shi to go to Xing's house.

"You silly bastard, you are so short-sighted. You already knew that there was something wrong with the baby in the womb of the precious man, but you still tried to win over the Xing family? Now that the overall situation is settled, let me see what you can do to save your mother!" Holding an agarwood ruyi in his hand, he slammed it on the edge of the bed.

Yuanyang and others rushed to persuade: "Old lady, don't get angry!"

Jia Zheng remained silent like a gourd, while the old lady took a sip of soothing soup, and Yuanyang stroked Jia Mu's back to help her relax.

"I don't care about your own money, but the 1 taels I asked Yuanyang to give you, you immediately take it out and send it to the Xing family. If you don't want to go, I'll just ask your wife to go!"

Seeing that the mother and son wanted to tear themselves apart, Mrs. Wang was disheartened, so she had no choice but to agree.

Once Mrs. Wang went to the room, Zhou Rui's family hesitated and asked: "The old lady is in a hurry, we don't have the money yet."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly covered Zhou Rui's family's mouth: "Kill me, you forgot how Feng girl was kicked out!"

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly smiled, and smacked his face with his hands: "I've made a mess again, madam, don't be angry!"

Wang Xifeng was very embarrassed when he was forced. If Jia Lian hadn't left and left, Sister Feng would have been severely punished for letting usury.Mrs. Wang coveted the nearly half of the monthly interest, so she secretly ordered Zhou Rui's family and her son-in-law Leng Zixing to take the money from the public office and her own private house to lend usury.

The matter was so closely concealed that no one knew about it.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Mrs. Wang said sullenly: "You, Caiyun, and Yuchuan'er packed up the boxes sent by the Zhen's family, and took out the ones that can be exchanged for money and mortgaged them in the pawnshop, and waited until we had money in the future. Redeem it."

Zhou Rui's family was anxious and frightened: "Madam, we have embezzled all the money that the Zhen family sent last time, just in case..."

In case the Zhen family sends a letter to take back the things, and the second room cannot provide the money and things, how can the Zhen family let it go!
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang only sneered for a while: "The Zhen family? The Zhen family is already at the end of its strength. Your majesty said that the emperor has now freed up his hands and just waited to clean up the Zhen family! We have said good things for the Zhen family over the years. It’s not an exaggeration to treat these things as his family’s reward for me.”

Seeing that Zhou Rui's family still wanted to speak, Mrs. Wang waved her hand: "Hurry up and change the money, it's serious to deal with the Xing family's bottomless pit."

Zhou Rui's family had no choice but to entrust his son-in-law Leng Zixing to sell some rare antiques.Leng Zixing has an antique shop with a sharp eye, and he can tell it's not ordinary at a glance. He secretly hid a large jar with fish and algae patterns, and the rest of the items were even more heavily commissioned by a third, and sold at a low price to those who are related to him. A good antique dealer.

Mrs. Wang doesn't understand these tricks, and only accepts money.

After two or three days, the concubine's day was over, and Xiaozong issued an imperial decree to take the prince who was left among the people back to the court for education.The Ouyang family has made great contributions to protecting the royal blood, and rewarded them with the idle official position of first-class captain of Qingqi.As for the Xing family, there was no mention of it from the beginning to the end.

The Fengwei Hutong suddenly became lively, but it was a pity that the crowded one was the Ouyang Mansion on the opposite side, and the Xing family was the one that was sparsely populated.

Mrs. Wang took a small sedan chair for two people, and only brought Li Gongcai to Xing's house.As long as they reached the door, they could no longer squeeze in any carriages and horses, so Wang had to go to the door on foot.

Li Wan took her mother-in-law's arm: "The Ouyang family is very proud. They got a prince for nothing and received a reward from the emperor. There is nothing cheaper in the world!"

Wang sneered and remained silent, as if mocking the Xing family and Ouyang family.

It was a coincidence that Mrs. Wang came, and Mrs. Liu Guogong was also there. The three women got together and had to shake hands and make peace for the common benefit.

Mrs. Liu looked at Lu's face: "I feel wronged for your family! It's so easy to raise a son until he is seven or eight years old. It's fine if he doesn't get well, and he will be ridiculed by the opposite door! It's also thanks to my sister's good temper, and I changed him. , I will throw that invitation on the door of their house!"

On the second day after the imperial decree was issued, the old man of Ouyang's family entered the capital and was very satisfied with the house that his second son bought in Fengwei Hutong.In the next post, Xing Zhong must take the whole family to the house as a guest.It is obvious that they are asking the two families to move around more, but they are actually trying to take the opportunity to ridicule the Xing family's incompetence!

Mrs. Wang looked at the post, and sneered for a while, and it was rare for her to speak on Lu's side: "This Ouyang family has made it clear that they have no good intentions, and they are doing a play for the emperor! If I am uncle and wife, I will go! At worst, everyone will tear their faces. , let the emperor see clearly who is who and what is what!"

Mrs. Lu laughed hurriedly: "The second wife and I wanted to go to one place, and if we didn't go, he would take advantage of his shortcomings, so I sent Xing girl to go and have a look."

Mrs. Liu was quite emotional: "Mrs. Xing is very lucky. She has looked all over the capital, and there are few who can compare with your big girl! Now that I have said it, I have the cheek to ask. The big girl has made an appointment. Family matter?"

Mrs. Wang's eyelids twitched, she didn't answer, but she was even more focused.

"I looked at a few, but none of them worked. Later, our master also thought about it. Xing girl is still young, and we are reluctant to wait a few more years."

Mrs. Liu hurriedly smiled and said: "I also thought of you earlier. But you see, isn't our big girl a real delay? Girl, it's no better than that brother. According to my opinion, Mrs. Xing should do it earlier. Good plan. I happen to have a suitable candidate here, why don't Mrs. Xing take a look?"

Lu Shi didn't immediately refuse, but just changed the topic with a smile.

Mrs. Liu thought that this matter was not completely certain, and treated Lu Shi more attentively.

Mrs. Wang sees everything in her eyes, and constantly despises Mrs. Liu Guogong's flattery and flattery, but she can't help thinking secretly in her heart.

Liu Jiaming obviously wanted to join forces with the Xing family to deal with the Ouyang family and help Liu Chongyi gain a firm foothold in the harem.The Liu family has a son, so does the Jia family have one?Even if there is no Jia family, there is still a Wang family, the Xue family!

Mrs. Wang has two things in one mind, one is perfunctory in the communication between the other two, and the other is filtering out the marriageable teenagers in the family in her heart.

There is no one else in the Rong Mansion except Baoyu, and the Wang family doesn't want to do what Jia's mother wants. Besides, she doesn't want her son to be married to such a rude person as the Xing family!It's a pity how old Jia Huan is, but it's not impossible.

Brother Rong of the Dongfu has already married to fill the house, and there is another Jia Qiang who can stand on the stage, who is about the same age, good-looking, and has family affairs.

In fact, Mrs. Wang's favorite is Aunt Xue's nephew Xue Bian.First-class appearance, extraordinary bearing, except that the identity of this merchant cannot match Baoyu, everything else is extraordinary.

Wang Shi just wanted to open her mouth, but seeing Mrs. Liu Guogong's eloquent praise of her husband's nephew, Wang Shi felt annoyed, so she took Xue Biao back, and only silently replaced Jia Huan in her heart. .

In the evening, after the banquet at Ouyang's house, Sister Feng and Xiuyan returned to Xing's house hand in hand.

"It turns out that Ouyang's family and the eldest princess's house are still old. Today, the eldest princess sent the youngest daughter-in-law to congratulate them in person. There is a sense of protection in the words!" Xiuyan sighed: "This The Eldest Princess holds great weight in front of the Supreme Emperor, if she is on the side of Ouyang's family, it will be even more difficult for us to turn the tables."

Sister Feng hesitated for a moment, "I'm not sure, but I seem to have heard that this eldest princess specializes in loan sharks in the south of the Yangtze River. She has a few semicolons under her hands, and even the government doesn't dare to take care of them, but I just According to the anecdote, I'm not quite sure what's going on. Auntie should be more careful, lest Ouyang's family will fall in love with the eldest princess."

Lu sighed a long sigh: "Ouyang's family forced a good daughter to death, and instead became meritorious ministers, but we became street rats that everyone shouted and beat, and we were worried all day long."

Xiuyan hugged Lu Shi's arm, and her smiling face in the past changed into a mournful one.The Xing family had a difficult time recently, and everything was not going well, apart from Lu's joy, there was nothing that could make the whole family happy.

There were quite a few people who were waiting to see the jokes of the Xing family. Mrs. Gong, who had a lot of contacts at the beginning, believed that it was the Xing family's fault that caused her daughter to die. If the Xing family was willing to use Xing Xiuyan If the eldest daughter went to Qi's mansion, such terrible things would not happen later.

So after the Xing family seemed to be in trouble, Mrs. Gong took her youngest daughter between Ouyang's family and Zuo's family frequently.

Or maybe Yuan Keli’s family, seeing the wind direction is not right, would hide under the wall when they passed by the Xing’s house, but they would deliver melons and fruits to Ouyang’s mansion on the opposite side every day, lest others would not know that the two families are similar.

Thinking of those snobbish faces, Xiuyan sneered and said, "Now I have finally learned what it means to be shameless of rich people, and what it means to flatter the high and trample the low."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Why should my eldest sister be angry with this kind of person! When I was down and out, I saw a hundred times more faces than this one! The first person who stepped on me was not someone else, but someone in my room! Those women thought I will never turn around, so I just want to make fun of me first to let go of the idleness I have suffered in the past, hmph, look at me, I am a bully! It’s not that I sue in front of my aunt and eldest sister, you can’t figure it out , Who is it that the co-authors want to embarrass me? It is our second master's nursing mother! Is there any reason for this?"

Thinking of Mammy Zhao's face, Sister Feng vomited: "It's a pity that I was looking for errands for her two sons, and I almost delayed Brother Yun in the corridor!"

Xiuyan heard what she said about Jia Lian's nanny, so she quickly took the opportunity to talk about the farce between Jia Yingchun and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Grand View Garden.

Sister Feng frowned: "I knew something was going to happen sooner or later. The second sister has a wooden temper, so I don't want to take this sister-in-law with me when I marry in? I'm cold and wooden, and I can't do anything if I want to! What? Where is the girl having fun?"

Lu Shi then said a few words about the scene at that time, Wang Xifeng's face flushed with anger, if she were here, how would these women dare to act recklessly?

Rongguo Mansion was indeed just like what her husband Jia Lian said, the big trees were about to fall and the monkeys were scattered, and there was already an undercurrent surging, but it was a pity that the Wang family could not see the way out.Maybe Tanchun understands a little bit, but the Wang family will never trust a daughter who was born out of a concubine.

For a while, the three of them used Jia Yingchun's words to say that the Rongguo Mansion was in danger, but it was similar to the Xing family.

In the blink of an eye, it was midsummer, and the daytime was surprisingly sweltering. There was no rain in the capital for more than ten days in a row. The people of Qin Tianjian predicted that there would be a heavy rain in three days.Unexpectedly, after waiting for another three days, the rain still did not fall.

The people working in the fields couldn't wait, the wheat seedlings that had just germinated were drooping, and the distressed farmers knelt down and begged for heaven.

Rumors gradually spread from the ruling and opposition parties. This is probably because God does not want to see the new royal blood, and it is deliberate. If the emperor is obsessed with his obsession, perhaps even greater disasters are waiting for them!
The news slowly spread into the inner court, and finally even alarmed the Supreme Emperor.The Supreme Emperor sent the people around him to summon Xiaozong.

Xiaozong's heart was up and down, and he vaguely felt that it had something to do with Zhengde.

(End of this chapter)