There is no phoenix

In Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia was talking about Qiutong and Baochai with Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang.

Ever since she went to Daiyuan to send Daiyu off for her wedding, Mother Jia has been in a good mood.In particular, the good news that Daiyu married into the Beijing Prince's Mansion surprised everyone in Jia's mansion at first, and then made them extremely happy.Although Daiyu's marriage was not in Jia's mansion from the time it was bestowed to her marriage.However, this did not hinder the joy in the hearts of Jia Mu and others.

On this day, Jia Lian in Chang'an County sent back a letter saying that Qiutong might give birth next month, so she has already asked for leave and planned to send Qiutong back to the capital in the near future.The letter was received by Jia She, who seldom went to greet Jia Mu after the incident with the mandarin duck.This time when Jia Lian sent a letter, Jia Amnesty only let Mrs. Xing in to tell Mrs. Jia the good news.

These days Mrs. Wang greets Jiamu every day. Of course, besides paying respects to Jiamu, there are many things she wants to discuss with Jiamu.

It turned out that after Tanchun left, Baochai and Sister Feng managed most of the mansion together.Later, Sister Feng left, and Mrs. Wang had to manage the house with Baochai.But at the end of July, Baochai was diagnosed with pregnancy, so she could no longer help with cooking for the time being.Mrs. Wang was over fifty years old, and her health was not very good. She suddenly lost her arm, so she had to ask the widowed Li Wan to help the village together.Fortunately, Jia Lan is now 15 years old, and Jia Huan and Baoyu go to homeschool every day, and Li Wan is free to help.

Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang were talking, when the girl came in and said: "Old lady, madam, now someone is coming from the palace, and they say it was sent by the empress."

After hearing this, Mrs. Jia Muwang didn't know whether she was happy or worried, so she hurriedly adjusted her clothes and went out to meet her.

When the little eunuch saw Mother Jia and Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet the three of them, and replied: "The virtuous concubine asked the slaves to tell the old matriarch and his wife that everything is fine now, let the old matriarch and his wife Don’t worry about it. Your Majesty said that after giving birth to the emperor’s son, there will be a meeting. Now the emperor wants your Majesty to take good care of the baby, and no outsiders will be seen. My Majesty is afraid that the old matriarch will miss you, so she sent a slave to pass on the message.”

After the little eunuch finished speaking, he presented Yuan Chun's personal letter.

Mrs. Jia Muwang finally let go of her hanging heart after hearing this, she was full of joy, and asked Yuanyang to give the little eunuch a first-class seal.

Jia's mother said: "Please tell the mother-in-law, father-in-law, that everything is fine with us, and let her take care of the baby and don't miss us!"

The little lady listened in, so she agreed naturally, and left.

Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Jia Muwang's wife, returned to the house, read Yuan Chun's letter several times, and said happily, "Now my mother's pregnancy is safe. With the emperor so caring, naturally I am not afraid!"

Mrs. Wang also let out a long sigh of relief: "Your Majesty said that the emperor has already promised that as long as your Majesty can give birth to a prince, you will never treat your Majesty badly. Now it seems that the old lady has a way. We went to the Muni Court that time. It was the right time to go. .It’s good to come back.”

Jia Mu nodded and said, "It's up to Baoyu now. Your Majesty will give birth at the end of the year. If we can really give birth to a prince, our family background should not be worse than that of Concubine Zhou and Concubine Wu!"

Mrs. Wang also nodded and said: "I heard Bao girl said that these days Baoyu goes to home to study very frequently, and he doesn't need to be urged. He thinks he will be a father, and the niece he can't let go of is now out of the cabinet, so he wants to open it. better."

Jia Mu said: "If Baoyu can really do this, I will feel at ease."

Seeing that Jia Mu was in a good mood, Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Old lady, Feng girl has been back to Jinling for more than two months, and I don't know what's going on. I think if the empress can give birth to a prince, we should persuade Lian'er, or Let Feng girl come back?"

Mrs. Wang had just finished speaking, and Mrs. Xing on the side hurriedly said: "In my opinion, it's probably not right. The empress has a prince, and we, as her natal family, can't have it in the hands of others. Besides, she can't tolerate it so much. People, Qiutong has a child, if she still can't have a child in the future, old lady, tell me, can we rest assured?"

Mother Jia thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about it after the new year. Feng girl should also reflect on herself. If she is really stable in a year or two, it won't be too late for her to come back."

Mrs. Wang saw that both Jiamu and Mrs. Xing had spoken, so she had no choice but to stop talking about it.

Mrs. Wang went back to the house and thought about it for a while, because Baoyu said not long ago that Wang Ren might be going back to Jinling this month, so she thought it was better to send two letters for Wang Ren to take back to Jinling, one for Sister Feng. Wang Ziteng told Sister Feng why she returned to Jinling and why Xue Pan was convicted and assigned.

Mrs. Wang wrote a good letter and asked Zhou Rui to send it to Wang Ren.

But Wang Ren, who stayed in the capital, learned that Xue Pan, who was in the prison of the Ministry of punishment, would be dispatched to Liaodong on September [-]th, so he also sent Xue Pan for a ride.

After going through this, Xue Pan seemed to be a different person. His eyes were dull, he spoke less and less, and he lost a lot of weight.

This is the second life lawsuit that Xue Pan has experienced, and it is different from the first time that Feng Yuan was killed in Jinling because of a fight to buy Xiangling.Because the deceased Feng Yuan that time was a down-and-out boy, and he was good at masculinity. He had no relatives at home, and only the old servant complained for him. The murderer who killed Feng Yuan was not Xue Pan himself, Xue Pan was just the one who ordered the beating.

Although Xia Jingui is an only daughter and has no father, the Xia family is not from Feng Yuan's family background, but a well-known businessman in the capital.In addition to Xia Jingui's mother, who is still alive, several uncles are also running the business of flowers, trees and medicinal materials.Besides, many officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have changed.Now the trial of Xue Panxia Jingui's case is not like Jia Yucun's flattering and flattering superiors, and he has no close relationship with Jia's mansion.Therefore, if this case was not caused by Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue who tried their best to collect money to compensate Xia's family, and it was found out that the murder case was caused by a dispute between wives and concubines, otherwise Xue Pan's life might be in danger.

When Wang Ren went to see Xue Pan off, he saw Baoyu was there.The two comforted Xue Pan, and both gave some money to Xue Pan for the journey.Baoyu comforted Xue Pan and said: "Brother Xue, I have already inquired clearly with Feng Ziying. Going to Liaodong is just a frontier defense. It is relatively stable there and there is no war. Three years will pass quickly. Now your family still has a shop. The family's expenses are Enough, you can rest assured, aunt and your child."

Xue Pan wept and said: "Brother Bao, Cousin Ren, if my mother and my son have any difficulties, I hope you can help the village. I will come back and be a cow and horse to repay you!"

Wang Ren said: "Cousin, don't worry, I'm in the capital, and I will visit my aunt and your children. But right now, I may have to go back to Jinling once."

Sending Xue Pan away, Wang Ren saw that Baoyu was in a daze, so he came up to him with some displeasure and asked, "Baoyu, I want to ask you, my sister was divorced by your second master Lian. Everyone, I heard that the old lady has been praising her. Even if she was wrong, she would not be so cruel. Your family is really cruel to let her a sick woman go back to her natal family thousands of miles away. My father and uncle They are all still there, so many of you don’t have a single one to persuade you?”

Baoyu smiled bitterly and said, "Cousin, I don't know about the others. I only found out about Sister Feng's return to Jinling after she left for a few days. I really don't know if anyone persuaded me. As for the reason, I really don't know." , I just heard the old lady say that Sister Feng has done a few big things, and she is likely to get into a lawsuit in the future. Cousin, think about it, who will listen to what I say now? It turns out that others only say that I am stupid and that I am stupid. Childish, it's not like you don't know!"

After Wang Ren heard this, he naturally knew that Baoyu would not lie to himself, so he said: "Okay, Baoyu, we are cousins, and I don't blame you. Earlier, my aunt said that she would help me make a deal and let the fourth girl marry me. Who knows later? Said that your fourth girl is missing. Let me tell you now, it’s okay to let the matter of the fourth girl go. However, if I find out about my sister’s matter, it’s because your family has done too much, and I will never let it go The second master of Lian in your house! I, Wang Ren, have no bad reputation, and I don't want to have a good reputation. You don't know how my sister came to your house, but now the gold, silver and handsome are here. Just let a group of little wives force my sister away, and I would be a fool if I recognized me!"

After Wang Ren finished speaking, he walked away.

After listening to Wang Ren's words, Baoyu sighed, bowed his head and returned home slowly.Seeing Baoyu listless, Mingyan had no choice but to follow Baoyu silently.

Since Wang Ziteng and his wife returned to Jinling, although Wang Ren was told to arrange a few shops in the capital, they must return to the south as soon as possible.However, because Wang Ziteng had been uncomfortable for the past few months when he returned to Beijing, Wang Ren was very depressed.Now without Wang Ziteng's control, Wang Ren just wanted to live a happy life freely, so he only wrote to Wang Ziteng saying that the affairs of the capital had not been taken care of, and that Xue Pan would be sent if he wanted to, and so on. It will be a few months later to return to the south.

One day, Wang Ren was drinking with some friends in a restaurant, and a friend sighed: "People say that they go to Rongguo Mansion to do things for leisure, to eat, to live and to have free money. I almost went that day. Looking at it now, I am still outside like this." Be more comfortable. Let me tell you, I have a good brother since I was a child. He was honest and responsible. He was entrusted with the relationship of the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion. He didn't get a job in it. Who knew that he almost died, and his legs were swollen and his face was swollen. The ground was thrown out!"

When Wang Ren heard about the Rongguo Mansion, he couldn't help being interested, so he hurriedly asked, "Why don't you tell me about it!"

Seeing that Wang Ren was interested in listening, the friend took a look at Wang Ren and hurriedly said, "Master Wang, I know your sister is in there, and she used to be the housekeeper. I'm not saying bad things about them, am I?"

After Wang Ren heard this, he patted the table angrily and said, "When it comes to my sister, I might as well tell you that my sister was in charge of the house there and has been doing well for several years. Aunt, but I’m telling you the truth now, if I know something ulterior in the Rongguo Mansion, I’d dare to sue the imperial court!”

Those friends were a little surprised when they saw Wang Ren's angry look when he said this.One of them hurriedly said, "Uncle Wang, what's going on? Do you hate your sister and your own aunt?"

Wang Ren took a sip of wine and said, "You are my good brothers, and I won't hide it from you. I don't hate my sister, but I hate Rongguo Mansion for being ruthless and unrighteous. Before the river crosses the bridge! Let me tell you, when I When my sister married into the Rongguo Mansion, do you know how much dowry you have?"

One person said: "We haven't seen it before, but who doesn't know that 'the East China Sea lacks a white jade bed, and the Dragon King is here to invite the King of Jinling'."

The other one also echoed: "Yes, I heard that your ancestors were in charge of foreign tribute items, so they should be one of the most wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, right?"

Wang Rendao: "My sister's dowry is probably not worth it now that they have sold the entire Grand View Garden of Rongguo Mansion. But, do you know that they bullied my sister, and now that Jia Lian divorced my sister for the sake of the little wife, Let my sister bring a little girl back to Jinling!"

When everyone heard this, they were amazed and couldn't help asking: "Is this true?"

Wang Rendao: "This is all a matter of humiliating and bullying my Wang family. How can I still lie? My sister's boat back to Jinling was paid for by me. I brought someone to send my sister to the boat!"

After Wang Ren finished speaking, he drank a few sips of wine fiercely, and then said: "You consider me a friend, so I can say whatever I want. I might as well tell you that Jia Lian has become a big sesame official and took his little wife to Mr. Ren, who neglected my sister, and now divorced my sister, how can I swallow such anger! Brothers, if there is something unbearable in the Jia family, please tell me, and I will treat you to a drink!"

The person who spoke earlier looked around, and hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, if you really want to know, I'll take you to find someone, I hope you will be interested!"

Wang Ren hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

The man said: "I said this man is called Zui'er, he was the one who was beaten and kicked out by Jia's mansion not long ago. He had been working in the big house for three or four years, so he must know a lot. He lived with his old lady. Next door to me, because her leg was badly beaten, her old lady was very angry."

Wang Ren was pleasantly surprised when he heard this and said: "What I'm looking for is the fault of the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion. The one who divorced my sister is Jia Lian of the eldest son. I heard that he first married the second wife without telling my sister, and then took the younger wife. Now Became a little friend, so I divorced my sister. Tell me, if your sister is bullied like this, can you feel at ease?"

Seeing that Wang Ren became more and more angry as he spoke, everyone hurriedly toasted to persuade him to drink.

After a while, Wang Ren got a little drunk and dazed, pulled up the man and said, "Brother, let's go, you take me to find the person you mentioned now! I'll buy you a drink another day!"

After hearing this, the man had no choice but to support Wang Ren to find someone with Wang Ren's servant.

It turned out that the person named Zui'er was the boy who helped Yanhong pick up the kite and was kicked out by Jia Amnesty with forty slaps.

Wang Ren followed the man to Zui'er's house, and Zui'er's wife had already rested.Seeing that Zui'er's family was very poor, Wang Ren took out two taels of silver and said to Zui'er, "Zi'er, I am the elder brother of your former Lian's second grandma. Now that the eldest family of Jia has divorced my sister, I am not convinced. You tell me about the illegal activities of the big house of Jia, and the two taels of silver are yours!"

Zui'er was timid, trembling all over, not daring to speak.

Wang Ren saw that Zui'er was timid and timid, so he took out two taels of silver and said, "Zi'er, don't be afraid, I don't want you to do anything, just tell me about the eldest family of Jia's family!"

Wang Ren's friends also persuaded him.Zui'er saw that there were four taels of silver, so he said, "I'll tell you, but you must not say that I said it, or I will die."

Wang Rendao: "Zi'er, you have been beaten up like this by that elder, don't you want revenge at all? Let me tell you, I just want to find fault with the Jia family and help my sister out. I just want you to tell me something , and don’t want you to do anything. Besides, since the people in Jia’s mansion have done it, you are only one of them who knows, and there must be others who know. I also know that Jia’s mansion has laid off a lot of people now, so many people have come out. Who said that it is possible that their Jia family is not, how could they think you said it? I hate their Jia family now, how can I let their Jia family know?"

After hearing this, Zui'er remembered that she was beaten and kicked out for helping Yan Hong pick it up, and she was also angry, so she told Jia She that she killed the stone nerd for the fan and forced her to marry Yan Hong, and also told how she was beaten and kicked out, Yan Hong I also talked about being tortured and throwing herself into the Grand View Garden, and said, "Master, I don't know if Yanhong threw herself into the lake to die. I also heard people say that Yanhong was tortured. But Yanhong's mother once disagreed life and death, and Yanhong's father was afraid that Jia would die. Amnesty, so I took the money. Who knew that Yanhong's mother hanged herself in the attic that night. Jia Amnesty asked us to carry the crying Yanhong in that night. If Yanhong died, her mother would have died, and Yanhong's father would have died too. Maybe she didn't know that Yan Hong died a few months earlier."

Wang Rendao: "What you're talking about is about that old man Lian Er. Is there anything out of the ordinary with that Lian Er?"

Zui'er thought for a while and said, "I remembered, Second Master Lian is only one thing, maybe a bit out of line!"

Wang Ren was very happy and asked what was going on.

To know what Zui'er will say about Jia Lian's outrageous things, let's read the following!