Old things in the Red Chamber

As a daughter-in-law, Qi Jing'an inquired about two or three things about her mother-in-law before she married in.The most explosive of these was the quarrel between the mother-in-law and the great-grandmother, which caused the father-in-law to serve tea to several relatives to make amends.

At that time, many people said that Mrs. Tong had a bad temper, which was the template of a shrew. If she had a daughter-in-law, she would not know how to torture her. It's because of my natal family's toughness.

It's just that after several years of marriage, I found that my mother-in-law is a reasonable person. She never interferes with the affairs of her son's house. She is easy to talk and generous in her hands.

This is the time when she reciprocates. Qi Jing'an feels that she should share her mother-in-law's worries at this time. The main reason is that the Rongguo Mansion is implicated in the conspiracy. It will make people in the palace unhappy.Especially her father-in-law and her husband's future are about to see a promotion. If there are any mistakes at this time, she will feel a pity and feel ashamed to face her husband.

"Don't be angry, it's time for our family to be stable. The old lady of that family came to our house because she wanted my father-in-law to help out and fish out some young boys and some female relatives from their family... ..."

Mrs. Tong interrupted her, "Can I not know this truth? But this matter is different from others. If it is corruption or dereliction of duty, the children and female relatives in the family can escape. Now it is treason, implicated The three clans asked the whole family to kill her, and she didn't even think about whether our Lord Hou has the ability to fish people out for her? Besides, the master of the Rongguo Mansion is her son, so our Lord Hou is not her son? She She wanted to save that son, but at this juncture, she didn't think about what would happen to her son if she did this thing for her. Everyone said that the parents' heart was biased, so it was true. You just sit at home with the child, I want to see how the old woman gets in with me."

Qi Jing'an didn't dare to stop her, mainly because Mrs. Tong's position on this matter was very clear. Since the interests of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are the same, then don't stop her mother-in-law.Maybe at this time, letting the mother-in-law drive people out arbitrarily is simpler than my own method of wanting to look good and keep people out.Seeing Mrs. Tong angrily leaving the yard, she quickly sent someone to call Wang Xifeng over, "Just tell their second grandma, please ask the second grandma to pick up their old lady. Now that it has reached this point, their old lady I can only count on their master. I am telling their second mistress that if there is something missing, we have more here, and she can just ask, no matter how much help, we will not be able to help. "

In fact, there is no need to send someone to invite Wang Xifeng.Wang Xifeng had known for a long time that the old lady had gone to the Hou Mansion.

Heping'er inevitably complained, "The old lady has been shrewd all her life, why can't she think about it at this time, the mother and son have never been in contact with each other in their lives, and at this time they want to ask others to help, instead of coming to discuss it in a friendly manner, they threaten People, you said it would be strange if Lord Hou over there really helped this favor sincerely."

"Then what shall we do?"

"What else can I do? Of course, I want to bring the old lady back. Should I let her go outside to fend for herself? The reason why the old lady was not taken in was because of the old man's face. If I were an old lady, I would rather go in with my children and grandchildren than stay outside."

After speaking, he changed his clothes, asked Ping'er to arrange the carriages and horses, and asked Mrs. Xing for an idea.

Although Mrs. Xing has always wanted to seize power, she also knows how much she has, especially when it comes to welcoming the old lady. If Wang Xifeng came to ask her for advice in the usual way, she would not know how proud she would be.But in the face of this matter, she dared not say a word because she was afraid that Jia She would turn around and scold her.

Before Wang Xifeng came to her yard, Mrs. Xing reasoned that she had a headache and didn't see anyone.

Mrs. Xing didn't want to see Wang Xifeng, so she could use the headache as a prevarication.But on Jia Amnesty's side, she couldn't get past it.

The person who served Jia Amnesty came over to send a message, "Ma'am, the master said, please change your clothes and go with him to the Hou's mansion to invite the old lady back."

Mrs. Xing was unwilling, "Isn't there a second master and a second grandma? It's Chinese New Year, you should also persuade some masters not to go out. Maybe someone will come to pay New Year's greetings at this time."

"The master also said that the second master and the second wife are juniors, and the matter of caring for the elderly wife is his business. Other things can be left to the second master and second wife, but this matter should really be done in person. manage."

Mrs. Xing took a long time to change her clothes, and while changing clothes, she discussed with her dog-headed military advisers, "If you don't pick up the old lady, the master must be annoyed. If you bring the old lady back, how can there be any more?" I live a good life, why am I so miserable?"

"Wouldn't the wife be sick?"

"Have I stopped talking? I have a headache, did you listen to the master? Pretending to be sick doesn't work."

"You also said that the method of pretending to be sick can't be used, but what if you are really sick? You are also old, if you get a little cold water, and you have a headache and brain fever and invite a doctor, isn't this really sick?"

"Are you really sick?" Mrs. Xing hesitated and couldn't make up her mind.It took more than half an hour for a piece of clothing to be changed after three delays and two delays.Jia Amnesty didn't wait any longer, and went out in a carriage by himself.

After being in the carriage for a quarter of an hour, there was a servant outside the door telling Jia Shen that he had arrived at the gate of the Hou Mansion.

When Jia Amnesty got out of the car, he found that there were many people surrounded from a distance.The door of the Hou Mansion was open, and a screen was placed in front of the door.From the edge of the screen, many girls and women could be seen kneeling on the ground facing outwards.

The concierge of the Hou Mansion had spotted Jia Amnesty a long time ago and ran over.

"My lord, you are here. The old lady of your mansion is here. You know our wife's temper. Now the two of us kneel on the ground facing each other. We are afraid that people will see a joke. We raised a screen to block it, just This thing..."

No matter how stupid Jia Amnesty was, he just sighed at this moment.Walking to the edge of the screen, "Old lady, my son is here to pick you up."

No voice from the other side of the screen answered him.

"Old lady, my son is here to pick you up."

There was still silence on the other side of the screen.

Jia Amnesty was running around in a hurry, pulled the porter and whispered in his ear, and a carriage drove out from the side door of the Hou Mansion.

Several women with big arms and round waists jumped out of the carriage, walked inside the screen, helped Shi Taijun to the carriage regardless of her struggles, and then climbed up on top of the carriage.

The woman on the carriage flicked the whip, and the carriage quickly left the street and headed for Jia Amnesty's yard.

Jia Amnesty bowed his hands to the screen, and hurried back by himself.This turn of events caused those who were watching the joke to point their fingers.When he left, his face was full of excitement, as if he had watched a big play.

The things that happened to the rich and powerful have always been the condiments of the people on the street.Not long after it got dark, Jia Gu knew the whole story when he came out of the palace.

Those who spread gossip seem to have seen the live version. This one said, "The daughter-in-law blocked the way, and the mother-in-law said pitifully that I came to my son's house. Why are you blocking the way? The daughter-in-law said, I Bah, back then your family didn't recognize our master, but now you are licking your face and saying that our master is your son, who gave you such a big face?..."

Jia Gu thought to himself, what is this talking about?But when he knew that his family had become the protagonist in the storybook, he suddenly felt dumbfounded.

"Do you think our family will be made into a storybook in the future? It's like that Chen Shimei, who obviously didn't abandon his wife. In the end, it was rumored that he abandoned his wife and son to marry a princess and died under the guillotine."

Mrs. Tong handed him a bowl of hot soup, "Why do you care so much? You are not money, how can everyone like it, what others say is their business, we just need to take advantage of it."

Jia Gu took the soup and took a sip, "The old lady is not an ordinary person, and my brother may not be her opponent."

Jia Amnesty is indeed not Shi Taijun's opponent, but he still has a few "soldiers" who can fight.

The first one is Wang Xifeng, and the second one is Mrs. Xing.

As soon as Shi Taijun came back, Mrs. Xing was thrown in front of her. Don't look at Shi Taijun who has gone through a lot of changes, he looks quite depressed.But it's still easy to clean up a Mrs. Xing.

Mrs. Xing received a deadly task, that is, no matter what, the old lady should not be allowed out of this yard.Don't care about being scolded, as long as the old lady walks to the gate of the yard.He rushed over and hugged the old lady's leg with snot and tears.Don't fight back when you hit, don't fight back when you scold.

The second one was Wang Xifeng, who didn't directly confront the old lady.Instead, he called the old lady's three maids to him.

"You also know what happened yesterday. Do you know what happened to those people who served the old lady in the same yard as you?"

Yuanyang was still calm, but the other two were so frightened that tears came down.

"It's not that I'm trying to scare you with words. If you don't believe what I said, I will take you out in a few days to see and see. As long as the court convicts the master's family, every servant in the family will count as one. It will be sold on the street. If you are lucky, you can find a kind master who can continue to be a slave. If those housekeepers who are usually domineering offend someone or humiliate some family, they will join in. Buy them with money, beat and scold them, and torture them to death. Don’t believe me, the women in charge of the house rely on themselves to run the house as the Duke’s mansion, and there are many things that take advantage of others. The days of being tossed about by others are still far away."

"What does Second Grandma mean by saying that?" Yuanyang asked Wang Xifeng from the sidelines, she had a lot of experience, so naturally she wouldn't be intimidated by Wang Xifeng's few words.

"What's the point? Let the sisters persuade the old lady. It's not easy for everyone to live now. Isn't the wife flat?"

If Yuanyang didn't speak, Wang Xifeng would not be able to notice her.As soon as he spoke, Wang Xifeng remembered that the old lady's confidants were mandarin ducks.Even if the old lady forgot some things, the mandarin ducks would never forget them.The old lady can't notice the things at home, but the mandarin duck can notice.Even the big event of treason.It's right to say that Yuanyang didn't know about it, but it's wrong to say that she didn't hear anything about it.

Wang Xifeng even remembered that someone told him that Yuanyang secretly took the old lady's valuables and gave them to the second wife.Maybe the old lady has some money in her private house that is not in the mansion, and it has not been confiscated at all.The only one who knows this is probably Yuanyang.