Lin Lang, the wood family of the Red Chamber

It has been almost ten years since Yuanchun entered the palace. She has grown from a delicate little girl to an old lady.When the throne was changed, everyone in the Jia family had already realized that Jia Yuanchun, a chess piece, would be abolished. eyes?

Moreover, the concubine was directly appointed, what do those concubines who have climbed up step by step from the general election think?It's just that not only Yuanchun didn't expect it at this time, even Jia's mansion was just immersed in the joy that Rongguo's mansion was about to squeeze into the ranks of the emperor's relatives.

On the second day after Jia Lian received Lin Hai's eviction order, he took everyone except Lin Daiyu, Xueyan, and Nanny Wang when he came to Gusu that day, and set foot on the big boat back to Beijing.

From Gusu to the capital, it takes at least a month's journey by water. During the various boring journeys along the way, every time Jia Lian went to a place, he would send his own servants to inquire about the current imperial concubine. .

Sure enough, I got a lot of very useful news.Of course, how much of this news is true is unknown.

In a hurry, Jia Lian finally returned to the Rongguo Mansion where he had been away for half a year.

As soon as he entered the mansion, he went directly to the small courtyard where he and Wang Xifeng lived.It was the afternoon at this time, and the masters and masters of the Rongguo Mansion were resting for lunch, and Wang Xifeng was resting on a soft couch.

This Second Mistress Lian, known as the "Rouge Tiger", has been enjoying a lot of glory recently.

On the same day, Qin Keqing, wife of Jia Rong in Ningguo Mansion, died. Because You Shi was seriously ill, no one in Ningguo Mansion could stand alone, so Wang Xifeng was recommended by Jia Baoyu to Jia Zhen, playing the role of grandma in charge of the house.For a time the limelight was the same.

And because she handled this matter very well in line with the wishes of her two mother-in-laws (Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang), her status in Rongguo Mansion has risen even higher.

As her status increased, she had more things to do. Every day before dawn, servants began to come to her to answer questions, collect things, take money, and match cards.I am so busy every day that I hit the back of my head with my feet.

If it was someone else, I'm afraid he would have been exhausted long ago, but who is Wang Xifeng?For Wang Xifeng, the more things at hand and the busier she is, the more she can reflect her life value, right?Therefore, the busier she is, the happier she is. As for the small physical discomforts, she is still young anyway, so she can always get over them.

Ever since Yuanchun became a concubine, Wang Xifeng has more things to do, isn't it?At this time, this person had just had a little free time, and was taking the time to squint.

"Second Master is back!" Wang Xifeng was half asleep when the voice of the little girl guarding the door suddenly rang out.

Surprised, Wang Xifeng opened his eyes, just in time to see Jia Lian who had lifted the curtain and entered the room.Wang Xifeng laughed before saying a word, her voice was crisp and pleasant, "Yo! Why did the second master return to Beijing at this time? I thought that the second master was fascinated by the delicate flowers of Gusu. It seems that I am still too I'm young."

As soon as Jia Lian entered the room, what she saw was Wang Xifeng's pretty appearance, and she felt a little itchy in her heart. She stepped forward and raised Wang Xifeng's face, and said with a smile, "Second Grandma has a problem? Is Xiaosheng afraid that Second Grandma will think too hard?" It’s gone, isn’t it? I just came back to the mansion, and I haven’t seen the old lady before, so I came to see the second grandma directly.” As he said, he moved closer to Wang Xifeng, bowed his head and sniffed.

Wang Xifeng stretched out his hand and pushed, "I'm ashamed of your mother, I don't know about you, Second Master?" After saying that, she laughed, and just now she stood up, seeing that there was no one in the room, she said with a smile: "The uncle of the country is overjoyed, the country's uncle is overjoyed. My uncle has worked hard all the way. I heard that yesterday's head reported to Ma Lai, saying that today I am driving home, and I have prepared a glass of water and wine to dust off the dust. I wonder if I can give it to Guangyao?" (from the original text)

Jia Lian said with a smile, "how dare you, how dare you? Take more and more." For a while, Ping'er led all the maidservants in to meet Jia Lian.

Wang Xifeng sat down to dress up and tidy herself up, and at the same time said goodbye to Jia Lian, "Did the second master go back to Gusu this time, did something happen? Seeing the second master like this, why doesn't he seem to be very interested?"

Just as Jia Lian took the towel that Ping'er had used to clean his face, after listening to Wang Xifeng's words, he threw the towel into the basin, splashing water all over the floor.

"Don't mention it soon. When I think about it, I'm ashamed to death."

Wang Xifeng became curious, "Oh? How did you say that?"

Jia Lian was a little annoyed, "The old lady and the second wife sent my master to bring sister Lin to Gusu, you know what they said. The uncle of the Lin family was really ill before, and when the master arrived there, he was busy with other things. , Ask the doctor about the medicine, which place is not all helped by the Lord? But his Lin family is good, and the eldest son of the concubine who came out of nowhere, with a young man, actually cured Uncle Lin's illness .

"And without asking about our Rongguo Mansion's intentions, they directly promoted the eldest son's aunt as the stepwife. Now that Mu Linlang has already become the eldest son of the Lin family.

"I think that Uncle Lin is obedient to the eldest son. That day I thought to stay a little longer, and when Uncle Lin's illness was completely cured, I brought Sister Lin back to the capital. But who knew that Uncle Lin would put All the servants from our Jia family were sold off, and even the companions of my aunt when she got married in the early years were not left behind.

"And ask me to bring the people from our house back to Beijing as soon as possible. Isn't it? I don't know how to tell the old lady that sister Lin didn't come back with me!"

Wang Xifeng was taken aback: "Is there such a thing?" Wang Xifeng looked further than Jia Lian, and when he heard about this, he knew that Jia Lian's life would be difficult for some time to come.

"Really?" Jia Lian was a little annoyed.

"You really have to talk to the old lady about this matter. These days, the old lady and Baoyu have mentioned Sister Lin a lot. If you suddenly know that Sister Lin didn't follow you back to Beijing, I'm afraid you will fall into trouble." Not good."

"Why doesn't the Lord know about this? But what can I do? Uncle Lin has recovered from his illness, and even Zijuan has been sent back, Xueyan and Nanny Wang have been sold. Everyone who has contact with our Rongguo Mansion is gone."

Jia Lian was very annoying, very annoying. How could he not know what Wang Xifeng said?But what if he knew?Lin Hai, the third-rank inspector of the Yan Dynasty, would be fine if he died, but now that he can't die, all the calculations on their side are all in vain.

Wang Xifeng's handsome eyebrows were so wrinkled that they almost killed mosquitoes, "This is not a good thing..."

"Huh? What?"

Wang Xifeng gave Ping'er a wink, Ping'er nodded, and took out all the maids, big and small, who were in the room. Only the husband and wife were left in the room, but she sat outside the door and helped Wang Xifeng and the other two. watch.

Seeing that there was no one around, Wang Xifeng leaned into Jia Lian's ear and whispered, "The decree from the palace has come down, and our mother's family visit is allowed. But we need to build a family-saving villa. But you know, Our mansion has been living without money for the past few years, once the family-speaking villa is built, where will the money come from?"

Jia Lian took a breath.After thinking for a while, he still shook his head, "There is an old lady who is there to handle this matter. We can't say what it is. Even if the money is not enough, the family-saving villa will also be built. Otherwise, let How does the empress deal with herself in the palace?"

Wang Xifeng rolled his eyes at him, "Who doesn't know the reason? Well, it's a pity, if we can send two or three million taels of foreign money, not only the money for the family-saving villa, but also us..."

Jia Lian also sighed, why didn't he think so?

"Second Master Lian, the old lady is here to invite you." A mandarin duck's voice came from outside the house.

Jia Lian immediately got up, tidied herself up, and went out with a smile.As soon as he saw Yuanyang, he gave a long salute and said with a smile: "Sister Yuanyang is very polite here."

Yuanyang is the most useful maid around Jiamu, and Jiamu cannot do without this lovely person, which makes the masters and masters of the Jia family not dare to offend this easily.

Yuanyang covered her mouth and laughed straight, "Second Master Lian is too polite. The old lady just got up after a short rest. As soon as she heard that Second Master Lian was back, she asked her servants to invite her. Go quickly, and don't make the old lady wait too long. .”

Jia Lian nodded quickly, but didn't leave immediately.

Yuanyang smiled and said: "Second Master, let's go quickly, just now the old lady heard that Miss Lin did not come back with Second Master, she was not happy."

Then Jia Lian laughed, "Thank you, sister Yuanyang, for your suggestion." After that, he and Yuanyang came to Jia Mu's upper room together.

After the two left, Wang Xifeng came out of the back room just now, and looked at the two who had already gone away, with a gloomy face.

Ping'er walked up to Wang Xifeng and asked, "Grandma, what about the second master?"

"This matter is not easy to handle, and you know what's going on in the mansion now, not to mention the wife, even the old lady wants to give the second master Lian a meal." Wang Xifeng sighed, "I don't think so. I understand, why does Uncle Lin have an eldest son? I've never heard of it."

When Ping'er heard Wang Xifeng talking to himself, he looked around, and then he leaned into Wang Xifeng's ear and whispered.

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but gasped, "Is this really true?!"

Ping'er nodded, "This was a few days ago, when the maidservant heard about Second Master Bao's nanny getting drunk, is it true, I'm afraid only that one knows." He looked in the direction of Rongqing Hall.

Wang Xifeng was silent, frowning tightly.She is not a girl who was raised in a deep boudoir. Prince Teng raised her as a boy since he was a child, so she has some knowledge.With what Ping'er said today, Wang Xifeng had a bad premonition in her heart. It seemed that she had to go back and think about some things.