Honglou Xing

"What did you say?" Mrs. Wang thought she had heard wrong, she clenched her fist secretly, dug her nails into her flesh, and used the pain to confirm her clarity.

"The servant girl said that the Elder Master is going to ask for an order to cut down the nobleman." Xiaohong paused every word, deliberately speaking clearly.

"Nonsense! Ghost girl, how dare you say such nonsense? Are you tired of working?" Mrs. Wang stared at Xiao Hong with eyes bigger than a bull's.

Xiaohong nodded halfway, expressionless, and let the second wife speak.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang became even more agitated. She dropped the teacup in hand and stood up and cursed angrily: "What the hell are you doing? Don't you want to live? Our family's title was obtained from the shadow of our ancestors. It is the Emperor Taizu. How can you say no to someone who personally issued an imperial seal? This is unfilial, this is a breach of divine grace. How does the old lady know? Did you say it?"

Mrs. Wang was trembling with anger, she was already weak and not well.Now he was so angry that the beads of sweat on his forehead were as big as soybeans.Beads of sweat trembled along with Mrs. Wang's trembling, and finally slid down her forehead to her cheeks.

Yin Chuan and other maidservants rushed forward to help and comfort her.

Mrs. Wang only felt dizzy for a while, and fell halfway into Yin Chuan's arms.She shook her finger and pointed to the maid at the door and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up and call the second master back, something serious happened at home."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiaohong quickly asked Ann to leave according to her wife's instructions.Mrs. Wang was not willing to let her go, she kept yelling for people to arrest Xiaohong.Xiaohong had expected that Mrs. Wang would not spare her, and her legs and feet were moving quickly. When Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she retreated outside the house early and ran towards Rongxi Hall, followed by her arresters.

Xiaohong ran halfway, bumped into someone, and was blocked from moving forward.Xiaohong was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat, she was really afraid of being dragged back by Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang is a mad cow right now. When she goes back, she will go to the tiger's mouth. If she can't die, she will have to be bled.

At this time, the chaser caught up.

Xiaohong doesn't care too much, she pushes away those who are in the way and runs.

Nanny Ye roared angrily at the back: "Stop for me, you unruly maid, let's see how the second wife can teach you a lesson."

"Where is the nanny, she looks strange."

When Xiaohong heard the voice from Wang Shanbao's family, she stopped, turned her head in surprise, and was overjoyed that it was indeed her.

Wang Shanbao's family stood in front of Xiaohong, and asked with a smile, "May I ask what she did wrong to offend your second wife?"

Mother Ye replied: "Baking for no reason, it irritated my wife's ears! Besides, this little fox is still unruly, my wife hasn't let her go yet, she dares to leave without permission."

"The eldest lady has arranged other things for her earlier, and told her to return as soon as she sends a message. I think she is slow at the moment, so I came to urge her. What, you want to take her back? Go ahead, but you have to give her back first." I have a reason to tell the eldest wife." Wang Shanbao's family sneered.

Ye Momo was stubborn, and she couldn't see the hints from the people around her, so she planned to fight Wang Shanbao's family: "She barked in front of the second wife, so she should follow me to the second wife's side to receive the punishment."

Barking?The sneer of Wang Shanbao's family, when did spreading the word turn into barking.Wang Shanbao's family really didn't know what to say, she looked at the mother-in-law in front of her sarcastically, and dismissed Xiaohong when she looked back.Ye Momo refused to give up and wanted to chase, but Wang Shanbao's family grabbed her.

"Let's go, I'll explain to her."

Grandma Ye refused to let her go, she threw off Wang Shanbao's family, and urged the people behind to catch Xiaohong.The rest of the maids are not stupid, they were not sincere when chasing people, for fear of offending the people around the eldest wife.At this moment, even Wang Shanbao's family, who is in charge, is here, so it can be seen that the eldest wife must protect Xiaohong.If they slammed their heads against the rock without knowing what to do, they would really be courting death.

Seeing that these people didn't move, Mother Ye became very angry, and scolded them: "Remember exactly which room you belong to!"

A bold old woman stood up and said to Nanny Ye with a trembling voice: "When we are as ignorant as you? I want to chase you."

Wang Shanbao's family smiled, nodded to the other women and maids and said: "At any rate, most of them still understand the rules, you go back first, I'm here to talk to this nanny. What's your surname?"

"leaf!"

"The second wife's family?"

Mother Ye looked at Wang Shanbao's house in surprise. She was begged from her natal family by the second wife only last month, and the big house had moved out at that time.She had never seen the stewardess before, how could the stewardess know herself? "You know me?"

"Of course, everyone who enters or exits the Rong Mansion has to pass my test first. I'm the one who approves your monthly regulations."

When Mother Ye heard this, she was a little surprised.

"There are a lot of people in the house, and there may be one or two more. The most important thing is that this person has a sense of humor. The clumsy one doesn't understand anything, and the brain is not flexible. That's really..." Wang Shanbao's family paused, Smiling and looking at Ye Momo, she suddenly said coldly, "It's better to have a dog."

Nanny Ye became furious.

"I know that you are from the second wife's family, and you were a powerful nanny in the palace before. But you are a novice here, so you have to take it easy. Don't rely on the old to sell the old, and you will lose your life at that time Do not know at all."

"Are you threatening me?" Ye Momo stared at Wang Shanbao's house unconvinced.

Wang Shanbao raised his eyebrows and sneered: "I'm threatening you, what's the matter?"

"You, good! You just follow me to the second wife and explain to the second wife!" Ye Momo said and grabbed Wang Shanbao's family's wrist.

Wang Shanbao frowned and shook her off. "Bastard, who are you, dare to do something to me!" After Wang Shanbao's family said that, he slapped Mammy Ye hard in the face.There was a bang, resounding through the clouds, and Mammy Ye's face immediately swelled up.

Grandma Ye has been an old slave in the Wang family all her life, earning half of her master's face. She has always lived a beautiful life, and she has never suffered such humiliation.Nanny Ye was furious, and frantically grabbed Wang Shanbao's family by the collar, and was about to beat her up with a wave.Seeing this, the two servant girls who came with Wang Shanbao's family were so frightened that they quickly stretched out their hands to grab Mammy Ye.Unexpectedly, although Nanny Ye is old, she is not weak at all. She grabbed Wang Shanbao's family and swung them left and right, knocking the two maids to the ground.

The family member of Wang Shanbao's family blushed, pulled his neck and shouted for help.

The two servant girls got up and wanted to help Wang Shanbao's family again, they raised their heads and saw the eldest lady leading someone coming from the opposite side, they knelt down and yelled.

When Mother Ye heard this, she turned her head in embarrassment, and sure enough, she saw that it was the eldest wife of the Rong Mansion.She hurriedly let go, her face was pale, but her eyes kept wandering, as if she was thinking of a way to deal with it.

Wang Shanbao's family hurriedly arranged their clothes, and greeted the eldest wife guiltily.

Mrs. Xing came slowly, and after a long while, she paced up to the two of them.She stared straight at Wang Shanbao's family and remained silent.

Ye Momo was terrified, and her heart kept beating.

"Kneel down," Xing yelled, without any waves in her tone.

Wang Shanbao's family knelt and bowed their heads,

Mother Ye's heart trembled when she saw it, and then jumped up again.It seems that this eldest lady is really sensible and knows that the Wang family cannot be offended.

"Do you know what's wrong?" Mrs. Xing lowered her eyes and asked Wang Shanbao's family who was kneeling on the ground.

Wang Shanbao shook his head.

"As the housekeeper of the mansion, you are in charge of the big and small affairs of the back house. You can't handle this matter well? How decent is it to argue with a servant who doesn't understand the rules!"

Ye Momo had just suppressed her jumping heart, when she suddenly realized that what the eldest lady said was not quite right, she raised her eyes and peeked puzzledly.

The eldest lady's sharp eyes just shot over, and Ye Momo was so frightened that her heart trembled, her legs gave way, and she also knelt down.Suddenly, she had a bad premonition in her heart, but she couldn't explain what this feeling was.

"Forgive me, ma'am."

"To deal with this kind of servant," Mrs. Xing narrowed her eyes, looked at Nanny Ye, and said with a sneer, "Forgive her for being someone close to the second wife, please show some favors. Give us a [-]-bill board and throw it back. Thanks to outsiders praising us It's the Zanying family, if you see the scene of you fighting, you won't be laughed out of your teeth?"

Wang Shanbao's family suddenly realized that it was she who had been soft-handed just now.The master is right, what to argue with someone like Ye Momo, just hit the board directly.It's good now, I made a show of myself, so I must remember it in the future.

Twenty big boards, this is called keeping favors?Mother Ye stared wide-eyed and looked at Mrs. Xing dissatisfied. She never scolded a servant so harshly.

Without saying a word, Jiao Hong stepped forward and slapped Madam Ye twice. "How dare you stare at the master boldly, don't you have any rules in the royal family?"

Mother Ye's cheeks hurt from the beating, she wanted to refute, but she was afraid of being beaten again, so she bit her lip and swallowed her anger.

Xing called Wang Shanbao's family to get up, turned around and left.The few stout nuns she brought stayed on their own initiative. Wang Shanbao's family understood, and immediately asked someone to gag Ye Nunnies, and carried them to the servant's yard to play [-] boards.

Naturally, the people living in the lower courtyard are all servants. When they heard that someone was being beaten, they all came to join in the fun.When they saw that it was the newly promoted Nanny Ye next to the second wife, everyone knew it well.She deserved to be beaten, just entered the mansion and treated herself like a sweet potato, bossing her around, not knowing how much she was worth.

Mrs. Wang didn't have time to care about Ye Momo at all at this moment, after she finished setting fire in the house, she joined Jia Zheng who had just returned in a hurry, and then went to Jia Mu's place to cry.

Jia's mother was ill and exhausted, when she suddenly heard Mrs. Wang say that the Rong Mansion was going to cut the nobles, her brain was buzzing.She was dizzy with anger, opened her eyes desperately, raised her head and opened her mouth, and ordered people to call Xing Shi and Jia She quickly.

Yuanyang hurriedly comforted the old lady not to worry, "Maybe there is some reason for this, I don't know, old lady, don't be angry."

"Is there any difficulty, unfilial son, the title is left to him by the ancestors who accompanied the late emperor to fight the country, he doesn't wear it properly, he will lose it! Pooh, why is my old lady Mr. him, not the second child."

Jia Zheng was very moved when he heard the words, and weeping beside Jia's mother, he called his mother affectionately.

Mother Jia was even more excited when she heard the words, she burst into tears, and she put her old hand on the back of her son's, wanting to pat him.Because she didn't have much strength, in the end she turned into a caress.

Madam Wang cried even harder: "Old Ancestor, this title cannot be lost. Our family's property and Zhuangzi and this huge Rongguo Mansion are all gifted by the Emperor Taizu and the blessing of our ancestors. How can we lose it? How can we lose it? Our home will be gone!"

Mrs. Wang was terrified. She was really afraid. She was afraid that everything she had now would be wiped out.

When Jia Mu heard this, she became even more angry, coughed twice, and finally fell down on the couch, completely dazed.

Seeing this, Yuanyang hurriedly persuaded Jia Mu to rest.She was worried about Jia's mother's health, so she turned to Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng to argue: "Look at the old lady's body..." It's not appropriate to get angry at all, and she shouldn't tell the old lady about this at all.But is it true that this reduction of nobles is true?

"The eldest lady is here."

Mrs. Xing questioned the four nuns who guarded the door in Jiamu's courtyard and entered the house.Seeing her, Mrs. Wang acted like she was going crazy, and cried even harder. She knelt down and kowtowed to Mother Jia, begging her to be the master.

Mother Jia opened her eyes in a daze, and vaguely saw Mrs. Xing's figure, and was about to get up.Yuanyang hurriedly supported her carefully, and put some big cushions on her back, on which Jiamu lay boneless.

"You—" Anger rushed to her head, and before Mother Jia could say the second word, she rolled her eyes and passed out.

Mrs. Wang wailed, and hurriedly pulled Jia Mu to ask her what's wrong.Mother Jia's face was pale and she didn't respond at all.Mrs. Wang was still not reconciled, and she clung to Jia Mu's hand tightly.Yuanyang became anxious, and said to Mrs. Wang in a sharp tone: "Second Madam, let go, the old lady has fainted, just let her go."

"Let her go? What did you say!" Mrs. Wang held back her tears, and stared at Yuanyang viciously, why didn't she find out that this girl treats people so much before.

"You hurt the old lady." Yuanyang clasped Mrs. Wang's hand away, and found that the old lady's wrist was already red, and she rubbed it with tears.

Jia Zheng frowned, seeing that it was impossible for Jia's mother to wake up, he stood up and stopped kneeling.

Mrs. Wang also got up, and she stared at Yuanyang viciously, really wanting to scold her, because she is the No.1 in front of the old lady, so give her some face.Just wait and see, sooner or later she will not have the protection of the old lady, and she will have more time to take care of her.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xing didn't say a word, and waved her hand to signal Mrs. Wang and Jia Amnesty to go out first.The husband and wife glanced at each other before going out.

Xing walked up to Yuanyang and asked how she was doing.

The mandarin ducks wept: "I was so angry that the second master and the second wife were quarreling again and refused to let go. When the old lady got excited... a few days ago, she rested. She was in better health. On the day my mother came back to visit her relatives, she was overjoyed. After secretly drinking two glasses of wine, my body began to deteriorate. The imperial doctor who just came also said that it will be good to raise it, just don’t get angry, and something will happen in the end.” Yuanyang burst into tears when she said that she was sad, and her words were sincere , which shows her loyalty to Jia Mu.

For this point, the Xing family also admires the mandarin ducks.

Not long after, the doctor came and gave the old lady an injection to get rid of the burn.When I turned around and saw Mrs. Xing again, I shook my head.

The old doctor said: "Don't let the old lady get angry again. If this goes on, I'm afraid that if the old lady buys dozens of catties of thousand-year-old ginseng, she won't be able to keep it."

Mrs. Xing nodded, dismissed the doctor, and asked Yuanyang to take good care of Jiamu.

Yuanyang hesitated to speak, and looked at Xing in embarrassment.

"Just say anything, you don't have to be polite to me."

"Eldest wife, what the second wife said is true, the elder is going to ask for an order to cut down the noble?"

"Well," Mrs. Xing looked at Yuanyang and held her hand, "I guess you can understand better than I do. The Rong Mansion is exhausted. If you can't let go today, you will lose your life tomorrow."

Yuanyang nodded, this ancestral title is good, and future generations will be born without worrying about food and clothing.But also because of this, all the children of the Jia family are not enterprising, ignorant, lazy, and gradually grow from small bastards to big bastards.On weekdays, if you don't cause trouble outside, you can honestly eat, drink and have fun at home, which is regarded as a 'accumulated virtue'.

In the current situation, it is a good thing to give up the title.

Yuanyang also doesn't understand things like court and harem struggles, she sees only these things, and she feels that she should be deposed.What's more, the Xing family and Jia She still have far-reaching considerations.so

This idea of ​​reducing the title is imperative, and no one can stop it.

Xing comforted Yuanyang and went out.Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang from outside rushed over immediately, intending to question Xing.

Xing put his index finger on his lips, glanced at the inner room, and then led the people out of the room.Mrs. Jia Zhengwang understood and followed her out.

Jia Zheng bypassed the group of servants following Xing Shi, and was about to question Xing Shi when he saw four nuns kneeling in front of Xing Shi, all trembling and begging for mercy.

The leader looked at Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang fearfully, with deep complaints in his eyes.She really wanted to complain, but seeing the second master and second wife here, she couldn't open her mouth.After thinking about it, she had no choice but to cry out: "The old slaves have no other choice!" The second master and the second wife are the masters, and they want to force their way in. How can they, these servants, stop them?

The leader spoke out the feelings of the other three, and the three also kowtowed one after another, and then said "I have no choice".

How could Mrs. Wang not understand, this was clearly implying to Mrs. Xing that she and the second master forced them.What does Xing mean?Is it wrong for her and the master to go to see the old lady?Is it worth reprimanding the servants in front of them?

Mrs. Wang couldn't be more angry, she raised her head and said to Xing: "Sister-in-law, come to me if you have anything to say, it's my master and I trying to get in, can they stop it?"

The four nuns who were kneeling on the ground breathed a sigh of relief: "Second wife, you don't deal with human affairs, so you finally said something human!"

This is what Xing wanted to hear: "Since the siblings have admitted it, it's easy, let's go out and say, don't disturb the peace of the ancestors in the courtyard."

Disturb again?Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth angrily, this Mrs. Xing was obviously mocking her for suing just now.If their husband and wife are capable of doing ghost things, they are not allowed to sue?It doesn't make sense!

The three of them went to the Rongxi Hall, and Jia Amnesty happened to come back to drink tea in the house, and seeing everyone gathered together, he said with a smile: "I happen to have something to discuss with you."

"Discuss? Big brother doesn't mean to discuss with us!" Jia Zheng snorted coldly, dissatisfied.

Jia Amnesty looked at his daughter-in-law in puzzlement.Mrs. Xing pulled Jia She back and said in a low voice: "I was thinking not to shock their husband and wife, so I informed my younger siblings in advance, who would have thought that these two people made a fuss in front of the old lady, who was so angry that she was half dead, and she is still fainting now. "

Jia She frowned. He, a thousand-year-old grieving ghost, was not related to Jia's mother, and he knew that he should do his best to be filial.At the beginning, the old doctor repeatedly warned that Jiamu's illness should not be disturbed by ordinary things. "Your sister-in-law and you husband and wife discussed it at the beginning. You can't trouble her old man when you encounter troublesome things. You still go to her? How incompetent and unfilial!"

"Brother, what are you talking about. I'm incompetent? I'm not filial? You're too capable, don't you think you're going to withdraw the title of Rong Mansion?" Jia Zheng shouted angrily.

"I am the head of the family in Rongfu, and the eldest son who inherits the ancestral business. Why can't I make a decision. Could it be that you, the second son, are asked to do it?"

"How can you decide on such a big matter? If you win the title, what will the family do?"

"Isn't there still Shangshu Mansion, you all move there temporarily. As for the future, sooner or later the family will be separated, and I can let the second brother live for a few years." Jia Gouchun said with a sneer.

Jia Zheng was insane, he really deserved to be an asshole for insulting him by saying such words. "Our second room doesn't need to live with your charity!"

Mrs. Wang nodded in agreement, now she can't live in the Rong Mansion, and they will live in the Shangshu Mansion in the future, and the husband and wife still have to "hold" the "good" of the Shangshu Mansion, so there is nothing to do!

"Even if you want to cut the noble, you should at least discuss it with the people in the clan. How can you be self-righteous and make decisions privately!"

"How do you know I haven't discussed it?" Jia She raised his eyebrows and looked at Jia Zheng with a sneer.

"What!" Jia Zheng was dumbfounded, he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and looked at Jia Amnesty in disbelief, "You said you discussed it with nephew Zhen?"

Jia She nodded: "He agreed, and now he begged me to cut off the title of Ningguo Mansion."

"How is this possible!" Jia Zheng's eyes widened, bloodshot eyes were clearly visible on the whites.

Mrs. Wang was so angry that her legs were so weak that she was about to faint. She was supported by the servant girl and sat down. She leaned halfway on the back of the chair and gasped for breath while covering her chest with her hands.

"Second brother may not know that your eldest daughter, Concubine Xiande, is being targeted by Concubine Wan's people, and even our Rong Mansion is also being targeted by the Zhou family. There will be a copy on the Royal Case of the Holy Majesty in the near future." , then the above may write about how the second brother neglected his duties when he was an official, and how the sons of our Rongning and Ningfu were uneducated and incompetent, and owed the grace of the saints. These are not big mistakes, but when they are all added together, there are many. In the end What matters is that the timing is right, the Holy Majesty is intending to get rid of the ulcer, and our family is on the verge of a knife."

Jia Zheng frowned: "How could this be?"

Jia She sneered and looked at him.

Jia Zheng seemed to read the answer from his eyes: It's not all because of your precious eldest daughter!

"How is this possible?" It was such a glorious thing for her daughter to be named a virtuous concubine, why did she give up her title.Once the Rongguo Mansion is taken back, where will their second room live?Even if he died, he would not move into the Shangshu Mansion.

"It doesn't matter whether the second brother wants the title or his life, your elder brother and sister-in-law are afraid of death, but they chose the latter." Jia She said calmly.

Jia Zheng squinted his eyes, looked at the smile on Jia She's mouth, felt it was terrifying, he backed away, squinted his eyes and said in horror: "Brother, how can you still laugh."

"Suddenly I feel relieved." Previously, he and his wife had to shoulder the troubles of a large family, guarding left and right.Now that the burden on his shoulders is about to be lifted, he is of course happy.Looking back, the couple can finally live their own lives.

Jia Zheng still wanted to struggle, but Jia Amnesty didn't give her a chance, and sent the couple to leave quickly. "Either you go to deal with the powerful Zhou family, or just shut up and wait for the nobles to be cut."

Still not reconciled, Jia Zheng turned around to persuade Jia Zhen that as long as he, the patriarch, changed his mind, there was still some hope for everything.

How dare Jia Zhen, he has learned enough lessons about Jia Rong last time.What's more, Uncle Xi has repeatedly stated to him the stakes in it a few days ago.He is not willing to give up the title, and retreats to advance. In the future, he will not even have his life, so why do he want the title?

Jia Zhen shook her head, but Jia Zheng continued to torture him.

Jia Zhen became angry, and blocked Jia Zheng with one sentence: "Isn't your daughter in the palace promising, she won't offend anyone, can I have today? Do you think I don't love this title?"

Jia Zheng's face turned pale and embarrassing, so he had no choice but to give up.Go back and have a good meal with your daughter-in-law and complain, and finally you have to count your property and prepare to buy a house.

When Jia's mother woke up in the evening, Mrs. Xing and Jia Amnesty went to Haosheng to explain.Jia's mother was sick and confused, and she half understood what she heard, but she also understood that the eldest son was thinking about the overall situation, and it was hard to say anything when he was crying.After the two left, Mother Jia couldn't help being sad, and her condition worsened.

The next day, Jia Amnesty handed over the application for cutting the title, and the emperor approved it immediately after seeing it.In the afternoon, he issued a decree to Rongning and Ningfu.