The majestic sister of the red mansion

"The imperial concubine knows this relative?" Mother Jiang asked in surprise.

Although she didn't answer, Mother Jiang's tone told Mo Yue that she guessed right. This answer made Mo Yue feel uncomfortable. In the world of Red Mansions, Jia's family means trouble!She said with a bad expression, "I vaguely remember hearing about it when I was young, but I don't know the relatives in my grandmother's family. I only heard from my grandmother that my great-grandfather only gave birth to three uncles, grandmothers, and great-aunts. I'm not too sure about it, Mother Jiang, just tell me if it's convenient for you!"

"Yes, but Shi Zifei, do you want to invite Mrs. Biao in first? If serious relatives stop you outside, it may affect your reputation." Mother Jiang asked for instructions.

Moyue nodded and ordered: "Then invite my cousin to the living room of Yuqing Palace to serve tea first. This courtyard is the residence of the father, queen, mother and concubine. The mother and concubine are not feeling well, so don't disturb them casually. Mother Jiang, Let's talk as we go."

"Yeah!" Nanny Jiang nodded, followed by Mo Yue's side, picking out the main ones and explaining to Mo Yue.

It turns out that Mo Yue’s great-grandfather, Zhao Tu, was born as an ordinary soldier. He fought for many years during the San Francisco Rebellion, and was promoted to the rank of a serious first-rank general with military exploits. After the San Francisco Rebellion, he served as the commander of the infantry yamen. There are three children. The eldest son Zhao De married Yu Shi, the second daughter Zhao Xian married Lin Shantong, and the youngest daughter Zhao Shu married Jia She.

Yu is the daughter of Zhao Tu's deputy general, because the deputy general was seriously injured and died in order to save Zhao Tu, leaving only such a daughter, in order to repay the life-saving grace, Zhao Tu arranged this marriage for the eldest son, Yu's symbiosis The two sons, the eldest son Zhao Yan, the eldest daughter-in-law Zhang Shi, the second son Zhao Miao, the second daughter-in-law Li Shi, and the eldest grandson Zhao Muyuan are now serving as the third-rank imperial guards and are currently on duty in the palace.

Others are currently working in other places. Mother Jiang plans to talk to Mo Yue when she has time. First, she will give Mo Yue a brief overview of her relatives in the capital. Mo Yue will only know that her second daughter, Zhao Xian, is Mo Yue's grandmother Zhao Lin Shantong, married to Lin Shantong, was the grandfather of Moyue. Lin Shantong was a descendant of the former Ming Dynasty capital official. He was recommended to the court as an official through the imperial examination.

Of course, when Zhao Xian married, Lin Shantong was still just a juror. Although Lin Shantong lacked moral character, and now he has personally issued an imperial decree to divide the Lin family, but the fact that that person is Mo Yue's grandfather will not change. When you meet people on the other side at the end of the month, try not to be rude. This court values ​​filial piety and concubines. If you make a mistake in your errands, I'm afraid her reputation will be damaged by those who are waiting to catch her.

Then I talked about the young daughter Zhao Shu. Among Zhao Tu's three children, Zhao Shu was the youngest. The Duke of Guo had a lot of contacts and gradually became friends, so when the children talked about marriage, Duke Rong made Zhao Shu his eldest son, Jia She, as his wife.

The eldest son Zhao Shu gave birth to after marriage died, and the second son Jia Lian was injured again, and his health has not been very good. Twenty years ago, under the instigation of He Guojiu, the deposed prince secretly wooed the officials of the court and the central government. Zhao Tu, who is the first rank and is also the commander of the infantry, is naturally also the target of being watched. However, Zhao Tu has a soft and hard character, and has the domineering character of the prince who came to win him over. He politely refused.

Unexpectedly, even so, he was hated by the petty villain. It didn't take long to find a mistake and demote Zhao Tu by two levels, demoted to the bitter frontier. Not long after the Zhao family left Beijing, it was reported that Zhao Shu was seriously ill. The news, I went there within two days... It was also after Zhao Shu passed away that Jia She's personality became more aggressive...

Ten years ago, the Zhao family returned to Beijing to work. At that time, the four sons of Prince Yong's mansion had not yet been born, and they did not arouse the envy of the Quartet. With the help of Prince Yong, Zhao Tu's family was able to come back. Therefore, after making troubles in the capital for a while, he was allowed to retire with first-class treatment by today's Enzhun.

At the same time that Zhao Tu became an official, Mo Yue's uncle Zhao De was promoted to a third-rank military general and served in Beijing... After the Zhao family settled down, Lin Qiyuan's family quickly resumed walking with the Zhao family...

When Mother Jiang was telling Mo Yue about these complicated relationships, Wang Xifeng, who was pregnant with Liujia and was sitting in the living room of the main room of Yuqing Palace, serving tea, was very emotional. She never thought that such an illiterate woman like herself would have a Blessing has become a guest of the Prince's Mansion, and has a direct relationship with the Prince and Shizifei.

Her self-important aunt was very embarrassed even to visit her own daughter. All of this was due to the blessing of her having a good mother-in-law and Jia Lian having a good mother. Wang Xifeng couldn't help but think of a lot of past events. Ten years ago, Two days after grandfather Zhao Tu and uncle Zhao De returned to Beijing to settle down, they took their wife Yu to visit Rongguo Mansion to see their relatives and nephews whom they hadn't seen for more than ten years.

Unexpectedly, after going there, I saw my father-in-law Jia She lived in the garden, and the second room of the Jia family lived in the main courtyard. As the eldest son and grandson, the nephew actually did some errand work in the mansion. Yu went to the courtyard where she and Jia Lian lived. After walking around, I saw that there was no dowry of my mother-in-law Zhao Shu, who died young, in the furnishings of the house, so I became suspicious, so I called her and Jia Lian to ask.

Only then did Wang Xifeng of Jia Lian know how generous Zhao Shu's dowry was. After all, Zhao Tu got a lot of good things in a serious manner when he was flattening San Francisco, but for those dowry, Jia Lian only got the two least valuable Zhuangzi and a few shops. And some jewelry and silver... This made the Zhao family so angry that they directly asked Jia She's stepwife, Mrs. Xing, if she swallowed Zhao Shu's dowry.

The stepwife swallowed the dowry of the first wife, which has happened since ancient times, but to the surprise of the Zhao family, the Xing family who was questioned felt even more baffled, and bluntly said that she had never managed the Rongguo mansion after she passed the mansion, except for her own dowry. The things in the Duke's Mansion are not her business at all, let them ask Jia She, the Zhao family went to Jia She again, Jia She said even more bachelor.

Tell the Zhao family directly that after Zhao Shu left, Mrs. Shi said that he was a prodigal, and Jia Lian's things would be ruined sooner or later in his hands, so before Jia Lian got married, Zhao Shu's dowry was given by Jia Zheng's wife. The Wang family will take care of it first, and when Jia Lian gets married, he will hand it over to Jia Lian and Jia Lian's daughter-in-law. Everyone is stunned.

My aunt Yu asked at the time, how did the Wang family manage the dowry? He was able to manage more than 20 taels of dowry to not even 1 taels. Have more!Even if those farm shops are not harvested, the dowry silver, antiques, and treasures and jewelry alone are more than 10 taels.

Moreover, how can the younger sister-in-law have the face to sell her sister-in-law's dowry field? Is the Rongguo government poor enough to sell the land?This stepwife swallowing the ex-wife’s dowry has existed since ancient times, and the younger sister-in-law swallowing the sister-in-law’s dowry, but this is the first time I heard of it... Yu Shi’s words made Jia’s family blush and hesitate. The management of Shu's dowry is incompetent and so on...

However, the knowing mother is Mo Ruonu, and the niece is not much different. Wang Xifeng is such a shrewd person. He knew that his aunt was a Bodhisattva on the surface, but she actually had a big appetite. It was just that this aunt was greedy for her. With a large number of 10,000+ taels, I immediately hated Mrs. Wang in my heart, but I didn't know what to do.

But she didn't expect how agile and domineering the real family of generals would be. After learning about Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian's dire situation, the Zhao family put down a word with Mrs. Shi, Mrs. Wang, and the others within three days. Jia Amnesty, please return to the main courtyard, return the dowry of Jia Lian's biological mother, and completely hand over the housekeeping power of the Rongguo Duke's mansion to the eldest daughter-in-law, otherwise, don't blame the Zhao family for not being merciful to the Jia family.

Since the death of Rong Guogong, the Jia family has become uneducated and unarmed. They are used to the soft fighting style of the literati and female family members in the back house. Just do it cleanly and thoroughly, so when I went to the Rongguo mansion three days later, I found that there was no movement at all in Jia's house.

On the second day, Zhao Tu wrote an excerpt to the present sage, in which he said that the Ministry of Rites had neglected his duty, saying that the Rongguo Duke's mansion was the grace of the sage, and it was given to the Rongguo Duke and Rongguo's wife Shi to raise him. The others are governed by the Duke of the Kingdom. Now that Mrs. Rong Guo is still alive, she can afford to live in the Rong Guo Duke's Mansion. After Mrs. Rong Guo's tenth birthday, the Rong Guo Duke's Mansion should be taken back by the Tian Family according to the rules.

According to the rules, General Jia She, who attacked the first-rank general, should be supervised by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry to supervise and build a first-rank general's mansion for him to live in...

Zhao Tu's move made the Jia family mad, made the emperor happy, and offended many people. According to Zhao Tu, as long as the mansion of the duke and earl is gifted by the emperor or supervised by the Tian family, They are all owned by the Tian family. When you have a title, you can live in this place. If you don’t have this title, you can change to a small courtyard. The larger one will be returned to the royal family of the Tian family.

At that time, Shui Ye was worried that his son had too many children, and there was no good place for him to build a mansion in the inner city. After all, when the country was founded, a large number of titles were conferred, and they were given their own mansions that fit the title, and those founding heroes occupied all the capital. The best house in the inner city, but the princes and nobles have their ups and downs, and the declining ones have obviously lowered their titles several times, but they still occupy a good place in the inner city and refuse to move.

With Zhao Tu playing like this, more than [-] mansions above the government regulations can be taken back, and more are above the uncles. After tidying up, not only the mansions of many sons, but also the places of the emperor's grandchildren... It can be said , Zhao Tu's decree is very popular today, and the princes, kings, and princes also understand that those princes and dukes who have declined and have no real power have no right to speak.

The mansions that can be taken back are probably distributed to them and their descendants...

Therefore, under the opposition of very few people, today's quasi-Zhao Tu played and decreed that the Ministry of Rites will verify whether the residences of the princes and marquises comply with the title regulations. Zhao Tu refused, saying that he was too old to take on important tasks, and begged to be resigned.

So Zhao Tu became an official, but his son Zhao De was exceptionally promoted to the position of third-rank military general, and soon, those declining princes and marquises were re-divided by the Ministry of Rites into mansions and yards that fit their current titles. The place has also been settled, and the Ministry of Rites has made a fortune in this operation, and the capital was in a bustle for a while.

Then, under the will of the Heavenly family, General Jia She, the first-rank mighty general, took his roommates, and smoothly moved into the mansion of the general assigned to him by the Ministry of Rites. Jia Amnesty moved into the General's Mansion in order to suppress the big house. However, he was reluctant to bear the glory of the Duke's Mansion, and Jia Zheng and his wife were also reluctant to move away from Rongxi Hall, the main building of the Rongguo Mansion.

In addition, at that time, the two houses of the Jia family, Rongning, and Ningxia had already taken refuge in the abolished prince, and they were one of the prince's pockets. Jia Yuanchun was still in the prince's womb, and had never been given to Prince Yong by the prince. They still had some confidence. No one other than Jia's family will live in the mansion, which means that the prince promised to give them the title of duke...so he didn't move out with Jia Amnesty.

Anyway, Yipin ordered Mrs. Rongguo to be alive, so living in the Duke’s Mansion would not violate the rules. Ningguo’s Mansion has the crown prince’s backing, and it’s been sorted out again. Falsely reporting an area that meets the current regulations, saying that the plaque of the government office will be replaced, and the Weizhi Office will be rebuilt, so there is no need to rebuild the mansion.

So, the Ningguo Mansion only changed a plaque, nothing else was changed, and it was just like that. The fallen nobles in the old house naturally also found out the cause and effect of this matter, and the Zhao family did not hide it from the Jia family.

Seeing that the Jia family swallowed the Zhao family's daughter's dowry and treated the Zhao family's son-in-law and nephew poorly, which caused a big dispute and implicated them, but they were not hurt. I even hated the Jia family and the Zhao family together in my heart. I will not mention it for the time being.

Let's talk about how Wang Xifeng was willing to let her aunt swallow the property belonging to her family. After the Zhao family came, she had a fight with Mrs. Wang and asked her to hand over her mother-in-law's dowry. , not only kept silent, but also said that the year is not good, and the shrinking of the dowry is also a helpless thing.

Wang Xifeng was so angry that she dragged Jia Lian back to her natal home, and cried to her father, Wang Ziteng, asking him to do justice to her. On the one hand, she was a direct sister and on the other hand, a direct daughter. Even if you take out half of it, Mrs. Wang just doesn't make a sound, so after three days, the prince didn't wait for the prince to make a fuss!

As soon as the Zhao family made a move, they completely drew their salaries from the bottom of the pot. The old Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Wang suffered from heartache and liver pain. Not long after the imperial decree came down, on the day Jia Amnesty moved, Zhao De and Yu brought dozens of murderous people together. The personal guards and a dozen thick women with sticks marched into Duke Rong's mansion, and took out the sales and pawn records of his younger sister's dowry field, dowry, etc. that he had investigated in the past few days.

I read the whereabouts of several things on the spot, pointing to Mrs. Jia, but Mrs. Yu said to Mrs. Shi meaningfully, there are some more interesting places. Jun's complexion changed, and Mrs. Yu ignored Mrs. Shi who changed his face, Jia Zheng who was ashamed and angry, and Mrs. Wang who was speechless.

He directly led people into the main house, compared the dowry list and searched out everything, and those who were sold and swallowed by the Wang family were directly converted into silver according to the market price, and Jia Wang's lifeblood was removed. His actions naturally made Mrs. Wang's Bodhisattva change his face, and sternly ordered his servants to stop him, but Rongguo's mansion and Rongguo had been on the battlefield, and the servants who had seen the blood were all pushed aside by these snobbish eyes Go up to Zhuangzi.

The rest of these incompetent people dare not fight against the murderous people around Zhao De and Yu. Jia Wang can only watch the Zhao family's domineering liquidation, and wait for Zhou Rui who can't come to find the prince... ... She didn't even think about it. She took over her niece's property and refused to give it to her. She finally came to help. Can Wang Xifeng ask her father to help her?

At that time, she was making a fuss in the palace to prevent the prince from coming over to fight against the Zhao family!Moreover, what made Wang Xifeng even more interesting later was that Ping'er, who was staying in the mansion, turned around and told her that when Mrs. Wang's matter was about to come to an end, Mrs. Shi sent a mandarin duck over to present a list.

She said that she was worried that Jia Lian would be like his father, so she left Zhao Shu's dowry to him as a family property. She originally planned to wait for his eldest son to be born, and then give it to him. After tidying up these things, they sent them to the general's mansion... Only then did Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng find out that besides Wang's, there was another person who was greedy for Zhao Shu's dowry...

Zhao Deyu took the list with a smile, read it once, handed it to Wang Xifeng, and reminded him seemingly casually, since Jia Amnesty has gone to the General's Mansion according to the imperial decree, Mrs. Shi's family should also divide it, otherwise General Wei Lie's mansion drinks northwest wind every day, and the Holy Majesty's place is not good... After this incident, the Jia family knew how powerful the Zhao family was.

I'm afraid that if we don't follow the rules, the Zhao family will come up with some bad ideas, and we won't be able to deal with it at that time. Since we have already divided the government and family, it is a matter of course, so Mrs. Shi can only accept it with a gloomy face. Come down, from then on, Rongguo Duke's mansion is the mansion supported by Mrs. Rongguo, and Yipin Weilie General's mansion is Yipin Weilie General's mansion. Because of the turmoil, the two families once seemed to have no contact with each other.

And because of this, Wang Xifeng saw through her aunt's face, and the deepness of Mrs. Shi, and also saw the toughness of Jia Lian's uncle's family, coupled with her hot and spicy personality, she admired the vigorous and resolute Yu family very much, and opened the general's mansion. Later, both Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian were taken to the barracks by Zhao De for re-education, and the Xing family couldn't compete with the pungent Wang Xifeng, so Wang Xifeng took full control of the General's Mansion.

As Jia Lian's biological aunt, Yu Shi will naturally not let Xing Shi have the opportunity to control the general's mansion, even if she has no children, it is necessary to take precautions before they happen, but she is also worried that Wang Xifeng is young, impulsive and reckless, Or, following her aunt's character, she made a mistake, and this time she went to check on her aunt Zhao Shu's dowry.

Mrs. Yu found out that Mrs. Wang dared to rely on the reputation and power of the Rongguo Mansion. Not only did she do some unreasonable things, but she also released loan sharks. He often takes her by his side to educate her, teaching her how to deal with human beings, taboos in official circles, sex inside the house, etc.

He also used the impact and consequences of certain things done by her aunt Mrs. Wang and the loan sharks, etc., to highlight those gray areas that can be dealt with indistinctly, and those things are absolutely untouchable... Such repeated actions made Wang Xifeng's behavior even worse. There are rules, and she has learned more than her ten years in the Wang family.

But after leaving Jia’s house, it’s not a nest, and Mrs. Yu instructed her how to live and how to deal with people. Now she has given birth to the eldest daughter, the eldest son, and another child. Jia Amnesty has been cleaned up and lives in the general In the mansion, afraid to go out to make trouble, Jia Lian was taken to the barracks by Zhao De to learn how to manage food, grass and military supplies...

But no one thought at that time that Zhao Tuo's superficially tidied up the Jia family who bullied his youngest daughter, and secretly set up a trap for the Lin family who bullied his eldest daughter. Out of the turmoil, after the Lin family split into clans, Prince Yong soon took over the household department, and also took charge of investigating corruption, and found out another matter related to the Lin family.

It turned out that when the Ministry of Rites reviewed whether the residences of the princes and dukes violated the regulations, it picked the big players and enriched their pockets. It has been a few years since the incident, and suddenly Lin Shantong, the minister of the Ministry of Rites who supervised the censor, was in charge of reviewing many of the residences. He took bribes False reports, even how many bribes he took are clearly written... Lin Shantong is naturally tragic, and he will be dismissed immediately after the investigation, and will never be hired.

Wang Xifeng remembered that Jia She had heard about this result several times, but fortunately he was always afraid of Zhao De, an uncle who was a bit of an antique and womanizer. When Zhao Shu was here, he always respected Zhao Shu, It wasn't until Zhao Shu gave birth to two sons-in-law that Zhao Shu decided to stop the medicine for the concubine's room and the girl in the house, and gave birth to Jia Yingchun. Otherwise, it would be worse than Lianjin Lin...

It's really miserable!It is estimated that after the Rongguo Mansion got the news, they are afraid that they will regret it to death. Back then, they believed in the prince's empty promise and refused to move to the General's Mansion with Jia Amnesty. As a result, the Jia Yuanchun they had high hopes for was not the type that the prince liked at all. Turning around, he gave it to Prince Yong, who made a fuss and lost the position of prince.

He was in panic all day long, until the prince had no hope at all, and put all his hopes on Jia Yuanchun, who entered Prince Yong's mansion. Unfortunately, the thigh of Prince Yong's mansion is not something anyone can hug... In order to please Prince Yong's mansion, In previous years, the biological mother of the Shizi Concubine sent someone to pick up Sister Lin to the Lin family, but every time she pushed back and forth.

When the crown prince was abolished for the second time and there was no hope at all, he wished he could send sister Lin to the Lin family every day, so as to please the Lin family and say something nice to Jia Yuanchun. After all, Prince Yong has always been very close to the Lin family. The two families have another layer of in-laws, although at the time everyone thought that the eldest son and imperial concubine were gone.

Unexpectedly, there was an even bigger surprise yesterday. The eldest son and the eldest concubine came back, and they were very much loved by the current Lord Long Live and Prince Yong. After this, the Lin family would definitely become prominent, and the Zhao family would not be far behind. As the Lin family Jia Lian, who is his first relative and brother-in-law, will also be promoted and reused. Thinking about this wonderful prospect, Wang Xifeng would laugh out loud in his dreams.

No, I started tidying up early this morning. When the time is almost up, I hurried over to greet the concubine Shizi. Think about the people outside who are more powerful than the general's mansion. Wang Xifeng is very proud of her vision...