Mrs. Pin, one of the Red House

Above the high hall of Jia's ancestral hall, the portraits of the unsmiling ancestors hang high. Green smoke is lingering in front of the portraits, and the aroma of sandalwood smudges the sleeves of everyone who walks in.

Grandmother Jia put on heavy makeup, 24 pairs of phoenix-headed hairpins with tall, nearly half-gray hair, and she seemed to be ten years older all of a sudden. She walked slowly into the ancestral hall with the support of Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Xing, leaning on a dragon head stick.

Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and Qin Keqing were also invited over early in the morning.

The door creaked open, and Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, Jia Zheng and others stayed outside the door, and only Jia Mu and other female relatives entered.

Yuanyang held a bowl of dark soup medicine, put down the medicine, and stepped back.

Mrs. Wang knelt in front of the incense burner, her white clothes took off her hairpin, a ray of sunlight shone on her body through the window, her face was pale and her hair was disheveled, but she could barely maintain the demeanor of the daughter-in-law of the Duke's Mansion.

His face was also extremely haggard.

Jiamu pointed at Mrs. Wang with her dragon head stick, and said sadly, "You are confused."

Mrs. Wang kowtowed and said, "My daughter-in-law doesn't know what she did wrong, she doesn't know what's wrong, her daughter-in-law has been wronged, and her mother wants to divorce her without asking why. My daughter-in-law dares to ask, where is the justice?"

Mother Jia let out a long sigh, with tears running down her face, she broke away from Xingshi and Xifeng's hands, knelt down in front of Mrs. Wang, hugged Mrs. Wang, and cried, "Son, you are not wrong, even if you have, you gave birth to a child for Jia's family." The merits of raising a daughter outweigh the demerits, we are sorry for you, you have to be wronged for today's reasons."

Mrs. Wang cried: "Old lady, you are also a mother. Don't you know that Baoyu is only six years old, and you have the heart to let him be separated from his mother? After all, the stepmother is the stepmother!"

But Jia Mu said, "Son, you have to think about Yuan Chun. Her future cannot be delayed by you."

Mrs. Wang stood up suddenly, her body was unsteady laughing, and finally she fell on the ground, "It's better not to delay her future! I want to see Yuan Chun, I want to see my children, I want to let them know, for their good Future, their mother died like this."

But Jia Mu stood up and said, "Baoyu is still young and can't bear to be frightened. As for Yuanchun, she is ill. Today, you should not be able to see her."

"Why?" Mrs. Wang looked at Xifeng and Mrs. Xing pleadingly.

Xifeng turned her head to the side, slowed down, and made a final decision. She picked up her skirt and knelt down, and pulled Jiamu's sandalwood carved swastika with no head. "Old ancestor, listen to me!" language."

"We can't hide the matter now. If we deal with my aunt, I'm afraid that in the eyes of outsiders, we are trying to cover up the truth. Wouldn't it add more remarks to others before and after dinner?" Xifeng kowtowed heavily, "Old ancestor Think twice, not to mention that Yuanchun is still going to be drafted, and if the mother's funeral is exempted for three years, wouldn't it delay the child's future even more?"

Mother Jia seemed a little shaken.

Mrs. Xing snorted coldly at the side, and she was not polite when she spoke, "Shut up, Wang Xifeng, you still have the rules of your ancestors in your eyes, but do you remember that your mother-in-law is me?" She patted her chest, "Come with me The children raised are called mothers.”

Xifeng said: "Mother-in-law, this matter has nothing to do with whose daughter-in-law I am. I married into Jia's mansion and am the daughter-in-law of Jia's mansion. Naturally, everything must be remembered for Jia's mansion. Granny, you are the daughter-in-law of Rongguo mansion, and you are also the daughter-in-law of Jia's mansion." You should put aside your personal grievances and come to remember Jia's family."

Mrs. Xing's face turned red, her lips squirmed for a long time, but she couldn't say anything because of the soft nails in Xifeng's words, so she knelt down beside the incense burner and said, "Old lady, me."

Mother Jia turned her face away, not wanting to look at her two daughters-in-law, and sighed for a long time: "Injustice, it's all injustice."

She looked at the Bodhisattva who was enshrined in the south hall and smiled warmly at Wansheng, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Mother Jia pushed aside the screen and walked slowly into the south hall. Mrs. Xing and the others wondered, but did not follow.

Jia Mu put down the dragon head staff, knelt down in front of the Bodhisattva, and kowtowed heavily.

Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, today's reason, but because of the believer's killing in the past is too much?If this is the case, the believer would like to serve the ancient Buddha with the blue lamp in the second half of her life, serving beside the Bodhisattva, as a cow or a horse, in exchange for the safety of her children for the rest of her life.

Mother Jia straightened up.

But seeing the Bodhisattva smiling, the sunlight cast a faint golden light on her.

Not saying a word, but it seemed to be mocking.

"I believe in you, I worship you, I burn incense every day, I chant scriptures every day, I don't ask for peace of mind, I don't ask for going to the Paradise of Paradise in the future, I will pay my debts, but I do everything for the safety of my descendants, but you gave Me what?" Mother Jia stood up and said with a smile.

"In the future, I will not kneel to you, believe you, or worship you. In the whole world, which clan woman dares to say that she has no blood on her hands, why should she only revenge on me?" Jiamu took off the sandalwood Buddha beads on her wrist, held the After grasping it, he lifted the lid of the incense burner with his left hand, and placed the beads in the middle of the incense burner. The beads were made of wood, and spices were sprinkled on them. When they met the non-stop flame in the incense burner, they immediately ignited, and suddenly reduced to nothing.

The entire Buddhist cage is surrounded by the smell of sandalwood.

Mother Jia stood there for a long time, then turned around and returned to the main hall of the ancestral hall.

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Mrs. Wang was about to leave for Jia's mansion, but when she was about to leave, she received a greeting card.

Mrs. Wang scanned the name in a hurry, saw the seal signed after the greeting card, and hurriedly ordered: "Please." He took Ning Yun to the main hall of his bedroom.

Not long after, a group of maids and mothers brought Aunt Xue in.

"Zhao Tan, why are you coming to Beijing at this time? Is your daughter okay? You didn't even mention bringing it here for me to see." Wang hurriedly asked the maid to serve tea.

"There are some business matters that I can't get rid of, so I have to go to the capital by myself." Aunt Xue sat down, did not say why she came, but talked to Wang's family routine.

Her husband passed away a few years ago, and her son was young. She was in charge of the entire Xue family affairs and business. Although it was a bit unruly, everyone sympathized with her situation, and no one said anything. Wang and the others had long understood this. announced.

Aunt Xue was wearing a plain lotus-colored veil with dark moon patterns and shadows, her waist and knee-length trousers, and a light yellow gold-woven skirt embellished with a few plum blossoms. The silver hairpin with a drop-shaped amethyst and the silver walking stick inlaid with ice-species jadeite flowers seem quite capable, and they are two completely different people from Mrs. Wang.

Although she is a business woman, she has many things to worry about and has two children to raise, but for some reason, she looks much younger than Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang.

Although she is a biological sister, she looks extremely different from Mrs. Wang, like the two extremes of north and south.

Mrs. Wang acted vigorously and resolutely, she had a lot of might, and there was a deep gap in her heart, so it goes without saying.

Aunt Xue is the breeze and drizzle, she always has a smile on her face and never gets angry, but she knows that nothing can be hidden from her clear eyes.

Mrs. Wang turned the tea bowl, "You must have heard of some things." She secretly glanced at Ning Yun.

Ning Yun bowed his head and remained silent.

Aunt Xue sipped tea, looked up at Mrs. Wang, and said with a smile, "So I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing."

She stood up gracefully, and bent her knees to Mrs. Wang, "Although I am a woman, I know how tricky this matter is, so I came here today to ask for a favor. For the sake of previous love, Fifth Sister will save Third Sister's life."

Mrs. Wang was silent for a while, then raised her hand and said, "You don't have to tell me, I will naturally help."

"The great-grandfather once said," Aunt Xue said, "No matter where you are or where you are, the daughters of the Wang family must always remember that your surname is Wang, and the Wang family gave birth to you and raised you for nearly 20 years."

"If it weren't for every daughter of the Wang family to support each other, the Wang family would never go beyond the order of Jia's family in the court now." Aunt Xue smiled, staring at Wang with black eyes, "Fifth sister, I know You are in trouble, I also know that if you make such a start, there will be disputes in the future, and the Shifu will definitely be involved. Therefore, I only ask Fifth Sister to show up when necessary, and the rest I have my say on the matter."

Wang groaned for a moment, and said, "Why do you do this?"

Aunt Xue smiled and said: "My family is just a family official. If we talk about breaking the sky, we are just merchants. We have no power, power, and power. My husband is gone, my children are young, and my biological mother died young. Now I am the only one. My relative is my elder sister, not to mention the complicated business, whether to go or stay, even if something happens, there is nothing to lose."

Ning Yun was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "What if there is a way to get the best of both worlds?"

Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang looked at Ning Yun together, Aunt Xue glanced at Ning Yun and said with a smile, "The girl really looks like you."

Wang Shi smiled a little embarrassedly, but didn't know what to think of.

Ning Yun raised his eyebrows and put down the tea bowl.

Stop it.

"What the Jia Mansion can't do, the Lin Mansion can do. If the Lin Mansion voluntarily doesn't pursue the matter and prefers to let others go, then that's all. Wang Taiyi has lived in the deep palace for a long time and has been in the government, so he will not be boring himself." Ning Yun said .

If Lin Hai didn't pursue the matter, Imperial Physician Wang's beneficiary was Jia's family, so he wouldn't say anything about it.

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "How is it so easy? My child, you don't know who the fourth aunt in Jia's mansion married."

Ning Yun spread his hands and looked at Aunt Xue, "The people who can stay in the south of the Yangtze River are naturally not ordinary people, but no matter how unusual they are, they are just ordinary people."

"As long as you are an ordinary person, you have weaknesses." Ning Yun changed into a more comfortable posture, "Just like the ancestors of Jia's family, the person who was most sorry was the fourth aunt, and Uncle Lin Biao's biological father died young, and his mother Carry the big one in one hand."

Ning Yun glanced at Mrs. Wang, "So as long as this matter falls on Mrs. Zhou, it will naturally be left alone. I am afraid that Uncle Lin will have to apologize to his aunt."

Aunt Xue raised her eyebrows lightly, "You mean Aunt Zhou? They are just cousins, there is so much difference in generations, and Aunt Zhou's family has long since declined, so there is nothing to do with it."

"It doesn't matter, it's not for them to decide." Ning Yun said lightly, "Who gave her the surname Zhou."

Born in Guochao, she didn't learn anything else, how to connect with others, what is a strip of water, she has learned thoroughly enough.

Mrs. Wang nodded to Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue smiled, sat upright, and smiled at Ning Yun: "I would like to hear more about it."

At this moment, she no longer regarded Ning Yun as a child, just like she never regarded Baochai as an immature child, she was an adult just like her.