In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Seeing that what Jia Lian said was true, Wang Xifeng could hardly help but believe it. Her face changed. She felt sorry for Qin Keqing and ashamed for Jia Zhen.

"It's just that Sister Zhen came over earlier and asked me to help manage Ningguo Mansion. Sister Zhen said that Rong'er's wife was in a hurry and she couldn't handle it alone..."

"Since there is something else going on here, do you think I should agree or not?"

Wang Xifeng could not help but hesitate. She liked to wield power. Now, because of her pregnancy, she had temporarily lost the housekeeper power of Rongguo Mansion. She was itching to get it back, but she had handed over the housekeeper power in order to take care of the fetus. It would not be convenient for her to ask the second wife for it back now. After all, she would have to give birth and recuperate in a few months, and would have to hand over the power again.

But if she could use Ningguo Mansion to satisfy her desire to be a housekeeper, Wang Xifeng would be happy. But if she did so in the hope of getting a bad reputation, Wang Xifeng had to think carefully about it.

In her previous life, Wang Xifeng was very courageous and believed that she was fearless, so she naturally would not think about these things. But in this life, Wang Xifeng has begun to learn to look at things from a holistic perspective. If it was just her own bad reputation, she would not be afraid, but if it might implicate her daughter or son, then she would not be afraid.

"Why don't we wait for Lang Ge'er to come back and I'll go ask him?"

Jia Lian originally wanted to tell Wang Xifeng not to go, but then he changed his mind and thought that he had a good relationship with Jia Zhen. It would not be good if Wang Xifeng really did not go to Ningguo Mansion to help. Finally, the conflicted Jia Lian thought of Jia Lang, the "military advisor" of the first house.

Originally, I wanted to talk to Lang'er about this matter. Now I just want to ask about Feng'er's help in managing Ningguo Mansion. I'm sure Lang'er will tell me.

When Jia Lang was studying at the Imperial College today, he heard several students who had entered the Imperial College through their families talking about the Ningguo Mansion collecting high-quality coffins from everywhere. Only then did Jia Lang realize that the plot had reached this point.

The death of Qin Keqing can basically be regarded as the countdown to the collapse of the Jia family in "Dream of Red Mansions". Qin Keqing's identity was not very clear to begin with, and her death was embarrassing. However, Jia Zhen did not handle it in a low-key manner and held a grand funeral for Qin Keqing, thus completely offending the new emperor.

"Ugh......"

"Thinking about it this way, compared to the Rongguo Mansion, the death of the Ningguo Mansion is really not unjust."

After returning home from school, Jia Lian came to Jia Lang in a hurry before he finished his dinner. Seeing Jia Lian's sad face, Jia Lang lost his mood to eat.

He waved his hand and asked the servants to take the dinner away. Seeing that Jia Lang and Jia Lian seemed to have something to say, the servants very tactfully closed the door while taking the dinner away.

"Okay, now there's no one else here, Brother Lian, just say whatever you want to say!"

Jia Lang, who was hungry and had not eaten enough, looked at Jia Lian weakly, waiting for him to explain his purpose. Jia Lian did not expect that he came at a wrong time, but he was really in a hurry, so he apologized a few words with a flattering face and then shamelessly told him his purpose.

"Brother Zhen is drunk..."

"So I want to ask you, is there anything wrong with this? How should I treat Ningguo Mansion now?"

“Will your sister-in-law agree to Sister-in-law Zhen’s request?”

After hearing everything, Jia Lang couldn't help but roll his eyes. It was true that some people's nature would never change. It hadn't been two years since Jia Lian got together and he was already getting together with Jia Zhen from Ningguo Mansion. It was possible that the incident of him taking a concubine, You Erjie, would happen again during the mourning period. It was really speechless.

The same goes for Wang Xifeng. In her previous life, Jia Lang suspected that she had lost her second child because of being exhausted from helping with Qin Keqing's funeral. However, he did not expect that in this life, Wang Xifeng knew that she was pregnant, but still could not give up her power and wanted to go to Ningguo Mansion to show off her power. He really didn't want to care about it anymore.

"If sister-in-law doesn't care about the baby in her belly, then she can go. Knowing that she is pregnant, she still goes to help the Ningguo Mansion's younger daughter-in-law with funeral regardless of life and death. I really don't know what sister-in-law wants."

"Brother Lian, you too, since you know about Brother Zhen's scandal, why are you still hanging out with him? Why do you want to follow his example and steal someone else's money?"

"There are so many maids and servants in the mansion, and you are not enough to sleep with them. But you want to learn from Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion and attack the wrong people. Are you going to help take over and marry the woman that Jia Zhen is tired of playing with?"

Jia Lang really didn't give Jia Lian any face this time. Jia Lian's face turned pale and blue. The more he listened, the angrier he got. Seeing that Jia Lian was about to scold him, Jia Lang didn't give Jia Lian a chance to lose his temper. He immediately said, "Second brother Lian, do you know what Qin Keqing's death means?"

"what?"

Jia Lian was upset by what Jia Lang said. He was about to scold Jia Lang for being too much when he heard Jia Lang's question. Jia Lian was so angry that he was holding it in his chest and was confused. "What does the death of Rong'er's wife mean?"

"It means that Ningguo Mansion has completely offended the new emperor, and it means that Jia Yuanchun from the second house will soon be made a concubine."

"What?!!!"

Jia Lian really didn't understand. How could the death of Qin Keqing's nephew's wife be linked to the emperor, and how could it be linked to the matter of Jia Yuanchun's title as concubine?

There were too many things Jia Lang couldn't explain, so she could only give a few simple reasons: "Yes, Qin Keqing is just a daughter-in-law of a small Ningguo mansion's legitimate son. She is not of high generation and status. Why did her funeral attract so many funeral ceremonies from the capital?"

"I heard that Master Zhen is planning to give Qin Keqing the coffin that once belonged to Prince Laoli?"

"Brother Zhen attached great importance to Qin Keqing's funeral, so those people did it for the sake of Ningguo Mansion's reputation... What's the problem with that?"

"No problem?"

"You are a daughter-in-law of the Ningguo Mansion, and you think you are qualified to use something that only the royal family can use. Do you really respect the royal family?"

"Even though they knew it was wrong, the people who came to the funeral didn't point it out, but instead joined in the commotion. Is it because the four kings and eight dukes are too powerful, too noble, or are these people dissatisfied with the royal family?"

Jia Lang asked questions one after another, which made Jia Lian break out in a cold sweat. Why had he never thought about these questions?

"People in the upper echelons will be afraid of seeing that these old nobles like the Four Kings and Eight Dukes still have such power. However, no matter what, their ancestors have made contributions. If the royal family directly punishes them, it will easily make people below dissatisfied and think that the royal family is ungrateful."

"But before that, when the new emperor ascends the throne, if one of the four princes and eight dukes has a daughter named his concubine, will everyone think that this is a form of winning over? If it is a form of winning over, then everyone will naturally relax their vigilance and wait for the new emperor to find an opportunity. At that time, it will be time to confiscate the property and punish the crime."

"I just don't know if you are sure, Brother Lian, that you have never done anything that you shouldn't have done..."

When talking to someone like Jia Lian who has no political sensitivity, you have to be direct, otherwise he may be blinded by temporary prosperity and do bold and ignorant things.

Jia Lian had never thought about the situation of the Rongguo Mansion or the Four Kings and Eight Dukes from this perspective. He always believed that the power of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes was deeply rooted. Even if this generation was full of playboys and few of them had any prospects, as long as they maintained frequent contact as before, it would not collapse.