The maid of the red house

The residence Daiyu arranged for Mrs. Wang was not far from the prison camp. There were two small rooms, one table and one bed. She was asked to do the laundry for the soldiers in the camp, which was much easier than the female prisoners in the prison camp. , Food and clothing are also properly arranged.

After Zhao Yun brought her here, he pointed out the location of the stove for food and clothing, and said: "Although the prisoners in exile in the frontier are protected by superiors, their life is no different from that of ordinary people. , we must lead by example, and we cannot ignore the laws of the country, so please forgive me, Mrs. Jia."

Mrs. Wang said indifferently: "It's already a hundred times stronger than the prison camp. What's wrong with me?"

Even in such a situation, Mrs. Wang is still graceful, her words and deeds have not lost her dignity, and she has not been made to behave like a vulgar village woman, but her demeanor is cold and without any enthusiasm. Zhao Yun glanced at her and continued. : "Mrs. Lin said that she will visit Mrs. Jia in a few days. With Mrs. Lin's protection, ordinary people dare not bully her."

Mrs. Wang shook her head and said: "No need, Mrs. Lin is a high-ranking first-class lady. I am just a prisoner, and I have done countless things to wrong Mrs. Lin. I am charged with such a serious crime. Although Mrs. Lin ignores the past, I have no face to see you again." Mrs. Lin, so as not to insult Mrs. Lin's dignity, if Mrs. Lin is sympathetic, don't come here, and I won't see you if you come."

If you say who is the person Mrs. Wang doesn't want to see the most, it must be Daiyu now. She has been reduced from the mother of a noble concubine to the family member of a criminal official sent to the frontier. From a helpless orphan girl to a high-ranking first-class lady, everyone who sees her will say hello. When she sees her, she can't tell what it feels like in her heart. If she sees her every day, it's better to just live by Die immediately, avoiding the embarrassment of meeting each other.

Zhao Yun was slightly taken aback, neither agreed nor objected, leaving only a month's worth of rice noodles, and left.

Mrs. Wang turned around and looked at the piles of clothes in the yard, which were more than half lighter than the work she did in the prison camp. She looked down at her hands, which had become rough due to the work, and went to fetch water for laundry, tears rolling down her eyes. , fell into the basin, she was not worried about herself, she was just lingering on her last breath, the only thing she cared about was Baoyu who was still imprisoned in the prison, she didn't know what happened to him now.

Recalling the process from ransacking the house, being imprisoned to being assigned, the panic of the ransacking of the house, the panic of being imprisoned, the bumpy distribution, and how much hardship she has endured along the way, she still cannot believe how her majestic mother of a noble concubine has fallen into such a state .

Is it retribution?But although she eats fast and recites Buddha's name, she doesn't believe in retribution from the underworld.

What she is most proud of in her life is that she gave birth to the most capable children in the world. Although Jia Zhu died early, he was smart and talented in reading when he was alive. Jia Lian, the eldest son of the playful eldest son, was deeply loved by his mother-in-law and husband, and they all entrusted the future of the family to him. He didn't want to be jealous of talents. He was not yet 14 years old. He died of illness after marrying a wife and having children, so she didn't like it very much. Li Wan and Jia Lan only thought that Jia Lan was born to overcome his father.

She is the happiest for Yuanchun, who has won her great respect, and Baoyu, who was born with good luck. Who would have thought that her daughter would become a high-ranking imperial concubine, second only to the queen, and even her family would receive supreme glory. What's the reason for the huge family business not to be owned by Baoyu alone?It's just that I didn't expect that after finally having a prince, I lost it again, and my family was also defeated.

The glorious Rongguo Mansion disappeared. The only thing Mrs. Wang regretted was that when Jia Amnesty found out that she was champering the lawsuit and extorting money, she did not destroy the evidence in time, which led to such charges after the ransacking of the house.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang suddenly sneered, Sister Feng did all these things, but why didn't she commit the crime of usurping?Only champerty lawsuit?She remembered that Sister Feng ordered Wang'er and his wife to do these things outside, and often used the monthly money from the office to put it away. Once the monthly money was late, the attacker asked Ping'er, and Ping'er told her, and then told her. I listened to myself, I didn't think it at the time, but now I think about it, it must be Sister Feng who destroyed the evidence early and wiped out the matter.

Mrs. Wang scrubbed the clothes in her hands vigorously, she didn't expect Sister Feng to be shrewd and decisive at times, although it was bitter, it was nothing compared to her own tattooing, and she didn't even dare to show her face in front of others.

Things have come to this point, even if they know that Sister Feng has done these things, there is nothing they can do.

After washing her clothes, Mrs. Wang beat her waist, looked towards the north, and muttered to herself: "Baoyu, you are the only mother left, you must live well, if the heavens have mercy, our mother and son will still meet each other." The day is unknown."

Not to mention how Mrs. Wang missed her beloved son, but Zhao Yun returned home.

After taking a bath, when talking about Mrs. Wang with Xueyan, he said: "It's hard to imagine that after going through such twists and turns, Mrs. Jia Wang still treats her calmly. She can't see any vulgarity, but her words and deeds are indifferent."

Seeing him coming out naked, Xueyan hurriedly picked up the clothes on the hanger and put them on him, curled her lips and said: "Even if you encounter a catastrophe, I'm afraid you still think of yourself as the mother of a noble concubine, I know from your words, two The uncle and wife don't know what it's like. The daughter who is a noble concubine has died, the family business has been ruined, the master is dead, and the only remaining precious son is still in prison. She herself has come to such a situation, but she wants to take care of her usual favorite. Grandma Zhou who doesn't like it, I'm afraid she will be shocked, ashamed, annoyed, angry and angry!"

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "You can explain it clearly. Could it be the roundworm in Jia Wang's belly?"

Xueyan quickly waved her hands and said: "Don't say that, how can I have such a blessing to be a roundworm in the stomach of my second uncle and wife? I don't know whose idea it was, but sent my second uncle and wife here. Jing is very far away, and I suffered a lot on the way, but knowing that she embezzled something that the master left for Grandma Zhou, we still have to take care of her, Grandma Zhou just let it go, but I feel very uncomfortable."

After Zhao Yun heard it, he also thought it was true, but for Mrs. Wang, although she didn't worry about food and clothing, she endured torture in her heart day and night, thinking that her basic necessities were all Daiyu's grace, and Daiyu might have vented her anger.

After hearing what he said, Xueyan nodded and said, "That's true."

If you die, you will be done. To suffer such torture alive, it is better to die for Mrs. Wang. From her point of view, Mrs. Wang is pampered in the Rongguo Mansion, the food is all high-quality, and her body is well maintained. , I haven't heard that she has been sick all year round, and she has walked thousands of miles to get here. Although she can't live a long life, she won't be in danger for a while.

As for Mrs. Wang, Xueyan didn't take it seriously, although she would not make trouble, but because she felt sorry for Daiyu's grievances in Rongguo Mansion, she would not extend her hand to her.

The next day Xueyan took Brother Qi to Daiyu's place and told her that Mrs. Wang had been arranged.

Daiyu listened to Mrs. Wang's original words conveyed by Zhao Yun, sighed, and let Brother Qi run into the room to look at her younger brother, and said: "Forget it, the second aunt doesn't want to see me, so if I don't go, just be more careful about food and clothing in the future , don't let people bully her."

Yuanyang agreed, and said: "Don't worry, grandma, with our family here, others dare not bully the second wife."

Daiyu nodded and sighed again.

At this time, the eldest brother suddenly burst into tears in the room, Daiyu and Xueyan both stopped talking, hurriedly asked the nurse to carry them out, but before the nurse came out, he saw Brother Qi running over first, stopped in front of Daiyu and scratched his head, Puzzled and said: "Why is my brother crying? I just poked my brother's cheek, and I didn't cry when my mother poked me."

Xueyan's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and she hurriedly checked the eldest brother, but luckily no finger marks were left, so she couldn't help but patted Qi, and said, "Why are you so naughty, why are you poking elder brother so well?"

The nanny Liu hurriedly said: "I see, Brother Qi was never mischievous, he just touched Big Brother's face lightly."

Daiyu had already held her son in her arms, and smiled at Xueyan, "I didn't hear that brother Qi said that he learned from you. Why are you beating him? Our children should fight wildly. Seeing that Brother Qi must have woken up Big Brother, and Big Brother is crying, you don't know, this child is very angry, if he wakes him up while sleeping, he will cry until tears flow into rivers."

Xueyan leaned over to see the appearance of the elder brother in pink makeup, and said: "Elder brother has such a temperament?"

Daiyu nodded with a smile, asked Brother Qi to sit on the chair beside him, and ordered someone to bring him some fruit to eat. Brother Qi glanced at Xueyan, smacked his lips with the fruit, and handed it to Daiyu sideways, saying: " Brother eat!"

Daiyu laughed and said, "You can eat it yourself. Your brother has no teeth yet, so he can't eat it."

Brother Qi heard this, so he had to eat alone, eat a snack, drink a sip of tea, eat a fruit, drink a sip of tea, then squint his eyes and shake his legs, feeling uncomfortable.

Xueyan shook her head and smiled, because she looked down at her eldest brother, one part resembled Zhou Hong, three parts resembled Daiyu, and six parts resembled Lin Ruhai, with clear and handsome eyebrows, she couldn't help saying: "Other than his eyebrows, he looks like a general, and the rest looks like a master." " Daiyu's demeanor and demeanor are very similar to Lin Ruhai's. Although her son is like her mother, and her daughter is like her father, but her elder brother is [-] to [-]% similar to Lin Ruhai, Xueyan is unavoidably surprised.

Daiyu coaxed her elder brother to sleep, and Fang smiled and said, "I said the same thing, but his father has never seen his father, otherwise he would be amazed." Thinking of her natal family having no successors, Daiyu felt a little emotional.

Xueyan said: "It doesn't matter if you look like a master or a general. There are generals in martial arts, and masters in literature. When the master was in high school, we don't know if our eldest brother will give the girl the number one exam tomorrow." After a few generations, only one Zhou Hong abandoned his pen and joined the army. As for the eldest brother, according to Zhou Yuan's meaning, he probably joined the army, but Zhou Hong and Daiyu used to say that he would let himself go.

Daiyu said with a smile: "Throughout the ages, there have only been a few champions? How can there be such ability? He is safe and sound, does not cause trouble, does not become a playboy, and does what he likes to do. From literature to martial arts, I will not stop him." .”

After changing the subject, he said, "Brother Qi is two years old, when are you going to enlighten him?"

Xueyan looked at Brother Qi who was eating happily, and didn't know that Daiyu had already considered his homework, so she smiled and said: "From his birth to now, we are all people who love to read books, and we have talked about poems and songs a lot. After hearing and seeing, this child has already memorized a few poems, but if he wants to be enlightened, he should be after the age of three, and right now he can only teach him some Tang poems and Song poems."

Brother Qi munched on the flower cakes handed over by the mandarin ducks, and said inarticulately: "It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat drips down to the soil. Who knows that the food on the plate is hard work every grain. Spring sleep does not wake up, and you can hear birds singing everywhere The sound of the wind and rain at night, how many flowers fall. At the beginning of human beings, nature is good. Nature is similar, but habits are far away. If you don’t teach, your nature will change. The way of teaching is to specialize. In the past, Meng’s mother chose a neighbor. If the son does not learn, he will never Dou Yanshan, Dou Yanshan, Dou Yanshan." He read two lines of Dou Yanshan in succession, but he couldn't remember the following, and he stared and opened his mouth for a moment, and couldn't help feeling unhappy, tears filled his eyes.

Seeing that he was about to cry, Daiyu quickly laughed and said, "Our brother Qi has a really good memory, he can memorize so many things, the next one won't, I'll ask your mother to teach you later."

Brother Qi burst into tears when he heard this.

Brother Qi has a very good memory. Xueyan often takes him to read in the study, and occasionally reads a few Tang poems and Song lyrics. After three or five times, Brother Qi can speak clearly. Stop, Xueyan recited the first sentence, and he could recite the next sentence. Zhao Yun and Xueyan were both surprised and happy. Although they were enlightened after the age of three, they began to carefully teach him to recite some enlightenment books now.

In the blink of an eye, in the second year, Brother Qi could already recite more than a dozen Tang poems.

Because Xueyan was pregnant again, when Daiyu heard about it, she asked her to send Brother Qi to her side, so that she could be with her elder brother and teach him, and she would not let Xueyan worry too much. Yan knew that Daiyu had nothing to do, and was happy to do so.

When Xueyan came to Daiyu's house that day, he saw Brother Qi standing in front of Daiyu with his hands behind his back, reciting poems with his head held high.

Seeing Xueyan, Qi Geer's eyes lit up, and he almost rushed over immediately, but he resisted and continued to recite, but during the recitation, a pair of wandering eyes couldn't help glancing at Xueyan, and Daiyu scolded , said: "Brother Qi, finish memorizing it honestly, or your mother will give you a few blows in a while."

Brother Qi blinked, quickly lowered his head, stomped his feet, and continued to recite, and it took a while to finish the recitation.

Xueyan heard that he was reciting quickly and quickly, but her own legs hadn't crossed the threshold yet.

Brother Qi had just finished reciting the memorization, and flew up to Xueyan, stepped over the threshold with all his strength, nearly fell, was supported by Xueyan, he hugged Xueyan's legs, and said with a pursed mouth: "Mom! Bad, don’t come to me for stubbornness.”

Xueyan led him into the house, and said with a smile: "You are not close to your aunt, why are you blaming me again?"

Brother Qi glanced at Daiyu and at Xueyan, frowning, in a dilemma.

Seeing this, Daiyu said: "How can you do that? Why do you talk about him like this? Brother Qi lives with me, and I think about you all the time. Brother Qi, come here, Auntie has something interesting for you." you."

Brother Qi walked over slowly, looked up at Daiyu with curiosity.

Daiyu put the white jade nine chains that Tete had found in his hand, and said, "Brother Qi, when will you untie the nine chains, Auntie has something for you."

Brother Qi's eyes were wide open, he held on to Jiu Lianhuan and nodded vigorously.

Xueyan and Zhao Yun also prepared a few obsessive tools for Qi Geer, not only Jiulianhuan, but also jigsaw puzzles, but they were not as exquisite as Daiyu's, and she recognized at a glance that they were gifts from Lin Ruhai when Daiyu was a child. It was for her, and when she was packing her things, Daiyu took it out and played with it a few times.

Brother Qi really liked what Daiyu gave him more, and he refused to let go for a day. After all, he was young and couldn't untie it. He almost threw Jiu Lianhuan to the ground, but then reluctantly withdrew his hand.

Daiyu smiled, beckoned him to come to her, and taught him to untie it.

Xueyan asked: "Is the banquet up ahead still not over?"

Daiyu put her arms around Brother Qi, who kept acting coquettishly, and said: "It's early, how many times have you delivered wine? Those soldiers in the camp drink like water. It's so easy that they don't have to be on duty for these two days, and they can't wait to eat well." Dead drunk."

It turned out that Zhou Hong's subordinates came to pay homage, Daiyu ordered someone to hold a banquet in the front hall, and Zhou Hong invited Zhao Yun to accompany him.

Xueyan frowned and said: "It's actually because you eat less wine. Although you don't have to be on duty, who knows what the situation is now? It's not uncommon for soldiers to attack when they are drunk."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, they all have their own measure."

Having said that, I was not at ease in the end, and when I ordered people to send wine and food over, I also ordered people to send alcohol-relief soup and alcohol-relief stones.

When it was delivered, Zhao Yun thought that Xueyan was pregnant and couldn't smell the smell of alcohol, so he held a sober stone in his mouth, and didn't exchange glasses with others, eating and drinking, but saw Liu Xianglian and Mr. Fang Qian both Liu Xianglian was fine when he was a little drunk, but Mr. Fang Qian was drunk from eating. When he returned in the evening, Mr. Fang Qian still wanted to fight Liu Xianglian.

Seeing this, Zhou Hong simply refused to let him go back, and ordered someone to clean up the guest room to live with him.

When Zhao Yun returned home, he heard Brother Qi happily reciting poems in the room. He couldn't help but smile knowingly. He hurriedly took a bath and drank tea before entering the room. He saw Brother Qi flying towards him. , he hurriedly caught it with one hand.

Xueyan complained, "Why did you come back so late?"

Zhao Yun put Brother Qi on his shoulders and sat down, and said with a smile: "Mr. Fang Qian is drunk, so he was delayed for a while."

After hearing this, Xueyan didn't speak.

Zhao Yun stayed with Brother Qi for half a day, and when Brother Qi was sleepy, he put him on the Luohan couch opposite. Brother Qi was stretched all over the place, his clothes were opened, revealing a section of his belly, Xueyan came over and took him off. Clothes, only the bellyband, and then changed into a silver-red shirt, and covered the quilt tightly, Fang helped Zhao Yun back to his bed and fell asleep, without a word all night.

Two days later, Zhao Yun went to the camp as usual, and Xueyan took Brother Qi to accompany Daiyu.

At that time, Zhou Hong also went to the camp and was not at home.

I don't think that when the snow geese arrive, there will also be several family members of the officers and men who come to worship Daiyu and are talking in the front hall. When the mandarin ducks are serving tea, Mrs. Fang is pulling the mandarin ducks to talk with a smile. Yuanyang was very ashamed.

Xueyan frowned slightly, looking at Mrs. Fang's appearance, she seemed to have taken a fancy to mandarin ducks. She was suddenly taken aback by her own thoughts, but looking at it coldly, Mrs. Fang did have such intentions Otherwise, why would they praise Yuanyang for being studious and good manners for no reason, and hurriedly walked over and said: "It's not a coincidence that I came here today, it's so lively."

Daiyu Bingxue is smart, and she has some eyebrows. Seeing the snow geese coming, she was relieved.

Baoqin laughed and said, "It's not a coincidence that it's so lively?"

Xueyan said: "You come here today, and I'll come tomorrow. One a day, it won't be too lively, nor too deserted. Grandma can relax for two days, wouldn't it be good? So I said, don't come too late." skillful."

Baoqin laughed and said, "That's kind of interesting, but I'm here with Mrs. Fang today."

Xueyan looked at Mrs. Fang, Mr. Fang Qian said with a smile: "I'm here to ask Mrs. Fang for her grace."

Baoqin was surprised and said: "When we came, you only said to see Sister Lin, why now you are asking for Sister Lin's grace? I don't know what you have to ask Sister Lin for."

Daiyu also said: "Exactly, if you don't ask for anything, just say what you want, if you can do it, I will not refuse."

Mrs. Fang felt relieved when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, our uncle had a drink at the house a while ago and stayed for another night. Who would have thought that we might as well meet a mandarin duck girl and fall in love with him wholeheartedly, so he asked me to come Please wife. In recent years, our uncle has no one who knows the cold and the hot to serve. I really like her generous appearance, but I'm afraid my wife won't bear it."

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed color.

Daiyu, Baoqin, Xueyan and the others all knew about the oath made by Yuanyang. They never thought that Mr. Fang Qian fell in love with Yuanyang, and even asked Mrs. Fang to come over to make peace. According to the current rules, most people don't care about the girl's fate. Moreover, Zhou Hong will be here for a year, and he has to win over the soldiers who were stationed here, if Daiyu refuses, I'm afraid it will shake the people's hearts.

Although Mr. Fang Qian was under Zhou Hong's command, he was assigned by Zhou Hong after he came to Xihai, and he was not brought from Beijing.

However, Xueyan knew that Mr. Fang Qian's move was because of the beauty of the mandarin ducks, and because he wanted to cling to Hong Zhou. After all, taking Daiyu's maid as a concubine meant he had something to do with Hong Zhou, just like Zhao Yun and himself. , like Liu Xianglian and Baoqin, with such a relationship, she was afraid that she would not be able to be promoted to a noble in the future. She secretly gave Yuanyang a wink, signaling her not to act rashly, and then said with a smile: "President Fang Qian and Mrs. Fang are really serious." What a good eye, I immediately fell in love with the top people around grandma."

Mrs. Fang laughed and said, "In the final analysis, it's all because my wife took care of me well."

Yuanyang's face was pale, her lips moved slightly, and she almost blurted out to refute.

Daiyu glanced at Yuanyang, smiled faintly, and said, "Since when did you start this job of being a matchmaker?" Go ahead, when did Mr. Fang Qian see her?If I remember correctly, before and after that day, Yuanyang didn't leave me even half a step.

While speaking, Daiyu raised her head and stared at Mrs. Fang, feeling slightly annoyed, she was afraid that what Mrs. Fang said was not entirely true.

It was neither Daiyu's doing nor Zhou Hong's wish to use girls to win over the minds of his subordinates. Since Zhou Hong became a general, he has disdained such methods the most. He also told Daiyu in private that Shen Rui Quite a few soldiers under the general's command took the maids by Mrs. Shen's side as concubines. Even if they were not the maids by Mrs. Shen's side, they were also the daughters of the Shen family's stewards, and their relationship became increasingly close.

Mrs. Fang was taken aback, not understanding what Daiyu said. Could it be that she didn't want to?

Daiyu said tactfully: "I just don't want to part with Yuanyang. She has been with me for a few years, and she is considerate and considerate in everything, and she is getting older. I am going to keep her to serve me for a long time."

This remark rejected Mrs. Fang's request. After hearing this, Mrs. Fang couldn't help raising her brows.

Xueyan smiled at the side: "Mrs. Fang doesn't know something. Sister Yuanyang was originally the eldest girl of my grandma's grandmother, the old Taijun. Back then, she swore not to marry. Grandma admired Sister Yuanyang's spirit, so she never felt sorry for her. It was not because she refused on purpose. you."

Mrs. Fang was surprised: "There is such a thing?"

Bao Qin also smiled and said, "Exactly, this happened many years ago, and I know it too."

Baoqin secretly regretted coming here with Mrs. Fang. She thought that Mrs. Fang and Xueyan had some kind of friendship, and said she came to see Daiyu, so she invited herself to come with her. idea.Now that she has gone through the world, she probably understands the Fang family's thoughts. It is only because Xue Yan married Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun is also highly relied on by Zhou Hong. Although Mr. Fang Qian has a strategy, it is not as good as Zhao Yun. Liu Xianglian made this bad move.

Yuanyang knelt down, kowtowed to Mrs. Fang, and said, "Thank you for your love, Madam, but I have already made a poisonous oath to serve grandma for the rest of my life. It can be matched, and the Bodhisattva of heaven is watching from above, and dare not violate it, so I ask my wife to forgive me."

Daiyu also laughed and said: "Exactly, no matter how good others are, ten or hundreds of them are not as good as Mrs. Fang, and they have insulted Mrs. Fang's character, so please forgive Mrs. Fang when I go back."

After hearing this, Mrs. Fang looked at the other girls. It wasn't Ting Lan and the others, but the second-class girls who came up later. They are all first-class now. Ting Lan and the others have reached their age. Before leaving Beijing, Daiyu sent them out one by one according to their wishes. Du Tinglan married the housekeeper of the Zhou family, unlike Zijuan who had a baby, so she also followed.

Seeing this, Xueyan said: "Don't look at other people, grandma's family has rules, and the girls also have ambitions. They asked for grace early, and when they were older, they were released. The family decides to choose a mate. Regardless of their status, they have to do It's a husband and wife."

The implication of her words is very clear, either let Mr. Fang Qian get married, or let it go.

Mrs. Fang originally came here with Mr. Fang Qian through thick and thin, and she finally got to the sixth grade. How could she ask herself to come down and ask Mr. Fang Qian to marry another wife? As a concubine, the girl next to Daiyu is still at her mercy when she comes to her home, but Zhou's family has such rules, and the mandarin ducks made an oath again.

After thinking about it, Mrs. Fang smiled and said, "We are one step too late. We are also unlucky to get such a good person."

One sentence puts the matter to rest.

After they broke up unhappy, Daiyu told Zhou Hong, Zhou Hong frowned and said: "Don't worry about it, if you don't want to be loyal to me because of this matter, I won't use him again, you rely on real skills in the army, but Not these means."

Said, comforted Daiyu again, said: "Although the women's relatives are in touch with each other, they must not lose their strength of character."

Ever since Daiyu rejected Fang's family's request, she felt very uneasy, fearing that instead of solving Zhou Hong's worries, she would cause trouble for him instead. After hearing Zhou Hong's words, she was relieved.

Xueyan also told Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun didn't care, just said: "The soldiers here are not of one mind, nor are they monolithic. There are some people whose power in the army should not be underestimated, but the army brought by General Zhou followed General Zhou to quell the rebellion in Ping'an Prefecture, which is no small matter."

That is to say, despite the closeness and affection of the family members, Shen Rui is actually quite afraid of Zhou Hong.

Xueyan sighed, the external aggression had not been cured, but the internal turmoil began first, and she didn't know what would happen.

Not long after, Mr. Fang Qian finally took a concubine, but he asked for a girl from Mrs. Shen's family to show his loyalty. Mrs. Fang went to ask for it in person. They were all behind, and I don't know if they regretted it. In a few days, Mr. Fang Qian was transferred to General Shen's side. Although his rank had not been raised, he was reused by Zhou Hong's side.

Liu Xianglian was furious, and said: "I didn't expect him to be such a person, but because Mrs. Lin didn't give him a girl as a concubine, he defected to General Shen. Although General Shen is higher in rank and more powerful than General Zhou, but Who doesn't know that General Zhou doesn't have military power just because Mr. Zhou is a first-rank civil servant in the court."

Baoqin sighed and advised, "Why be angry about this?"

Liu Xianglian said: "It's hard to calm down after all."

Baoqin said: "Mr. Fang Qian has left, and it's useless to talk about it. In a month or so, brother should be back."

Xue Biao returned to Xihai Yanzi in April, first went to various places to meet, gave gifts, and then sent a copy of the account book to Xueyan. Xueyan took a rough look, thanked him again and again, and let him continue to do business.

Zijuan and others also arrived. Daiyu was very happy to see her, and hurriedly invited Xueyan and others to meet and talk about the farewell.

After finally finishing the fuss, Zijuan hugged her eldest brother and looked at it carefully, then handed it over to the nanny, and talked about what happened after the Rongguo Mansion ransacked the house.

Daiyu heard that Brother Kui and Sister Qiao had been sold by Wang Ren, so she hurriedly asked, "Did you find them?"

Zijuan remembered the difficulty of finding Kuigeer and Qiaojie, and went to visit Sister Feng when she was leaving Beijing. Sister Feng knelt in the prison and prayed to God and worshiped Buddha every day. Unexpectedly, we got the money from Grandma Liu. We came late at this moment, so we asked Uncle Xue in Jinling to look for it. I gave Grandma Liu all the jewelry given by Grandma Lian in the past, and Second Master Yun found Brother Kui. Instead, Grandma Liu found Qiaojie and redeemed her with money."

Xueyan heard this, and said, "It is said that there must be Yuqing in the family of Jishan. Grandma Lian probably didn't think of it?"

Zijuan nodded, remembering that Jia Yun found Kui Ge'er in a rich merchant, and Grandma Liu redeemed Qiao Jieer in a brothel, she could only sigh in her heart, this matter can only be told to Daiyu and Xueyan in private, but it is not good to do it in front of everyone Speaking in front of outsiders, so as not to hurt Qiaojie's reputation.

Daiyu asked, "Have you done everything I told you earlier?"

Zijuan hurriedly said: "Grandma, don't worry, I will follow Grandma's orders. Our wife has redeemed the masters of the Jia family and arranged them properly. The 400 taels of gold that the third and fourth girls are useless for are spent. It's a pity that Aunt Zhou is gone in prison. I gave the other 200 taels to Grandma Zhu."

Speaking of this, Zijuan couldn't help sighing, remembering what happened in the capital, and said: "Grandma Zhu is well-known in the mansion for being a virtuous person, and everyone inside and outside says that Grandma is a Bodhisattva. She is also kind, and has acted for Ping'er, dared to blame Grandma Lian, never thought of a disaster, but only cared about herself, and ignored her father-in-law, mother-in-law, family, uncles, sisters-in-law."

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zijuan said: "Not long after the house was ransacked, Grandma Zhu was released a few days later because she was a chaste woman, and returned her property. Grandma Zhu should take Lang Geer back to the south, saying that she is going to her natal uncle, don't tell me Managed for the old lady and the others. Grandma Zhu’s annual income of 500 taels these years, plus the 200 taels of gold left by her grandma, there are eight thousand if not ten thousand, but she refused to take out a penny for the management. I don't know what benefits it will have for Lang Geer in the future."

But Xueyan said: "I can't blame Grandma Zhu. Grandma Zhu is very bitter. Who has treated them well these years? When did they think of Lang Geer? Talking about a marriage, Grandma Zhu is willing to bear as much bad reputation as Lang Geer. Those savings will involve Lang Geer's future, and she will have to pay for expenses in the future. Why can't Grandma Zhu be more frugal? Zhu Da If grandma saves people, it is because of her compassion, if she does not, it is justifiable."

Daiyu nodded slightly, and said: "However, Fanfu treated their mother and son a little better at the beginning, why is that so?"

Zijuan also nodded, and said: "That's not the case. When everyone in the house blamed Grandma Zhu, I said, who saw the hardship that Grandma Zhu suffered in the mansion? Who helped out?" A little bit? It’s 20 taels a month, and it was when the old lady was there, she saw how pitiful the widow was unemployed, so she ordered someone to mention that she was equal to the wives.”

Xueyan heard this and asked, "Who blamed Grandma Zhu?"

Zijuan thought for a while, and said: "After Grandma Zhu was released, the eldest wife and the second wife waited in prison for a long time for Grandma Zhu to come to take care of her. They heard that Grandma Zhu had gone south, and they scolded Zhu with gritted teeth. Grandma, but at that time the Eldest Master and the Second Elder hadn’t beheaded, the Eldest Master heard this, pointed fingers at the Second Elder and the Second Wife, and everyone in the capital knew about it.”

Xueyan said: "Why did the elder scold you? What did you scold?"

Zijuan recalled the scene at that time, and said: "What else can I scold? I just scolded the things done in the second master's room. When I went, I was scolding Xing. It's justified."

Daiyu and Xueyan knew the nature of Jia's amnesty. After hearing this, they sighed quietly, and Daiyu asked: "Both the first uncle and the second uncle were sentenced to beheaded? Has anyone collected them?"

Zijuan replied in a low voice: "The elder master, the second master and master Zhen were beheaded, grandma Zhen and master Lian were executed, and so was the second wife. After the beheading, I asked my parents to go and collect them. The temple is placed together with the coffin of the old lady. I think that when the old lady was gone, the old master and the second master should have helped the spirit go back to the hometown and let the old lady rest in the ground. It's just that they were arguing about the separation of the family, and each other had a relationship again. Suspicion, failed to make the trip, and now I don't know which filial son and grandson will send him back to the ancestral grave."

Jia's mother was rich and healthy all her life, and she didn't suffer any torture when she left, but what happened behind her was a joke after all.Xue Yan only sighed, and said: "The second uncle and wife have been dispatched here."

Zicuckoo was stunned, and said: "I only know that it is dispatched to the southwest, but I don't want it to be Xihai Yanzi. Oh, by the way, Manager Yu asked me to bring a lot of things to Brother Qi, and Manager Yu heard that you are now The Xue family got a share in the business, so he decided to hand over the rent he collected for the past two years to Uncle Xue to buy Beijing goods and southern goods, let us tell you, do you know?"

Xueyan smiled and said, "Uncle Xue gave me the account book and said it too. Uncle, wife, and Second Grandma Bao are still in the capital? Although the capital is good, it can't compare to the fact that there are families and businesses in the clan, and there are sacrifices." field."

Zijuan sighed and said: "The eldest wife and Aunt Zhao Cong'er and brother Huan have returned to the south. It turns out that Grandma Lian has told the eldest wife that she has bought a lot of sacrificial fields in the clan, so that the eldest wife can return to her hometown without letting her go in the capital. People joke, relying on others to live, and said that if they can see Kui Geer and Qiao Jie, they will raise the two children anyway, and in the future they will provide for the eldest wife to take care of her. At that time, apart from us, they also followed along the way, and when they arrived in Jinling, they separated, and now Brother Kui followed the eldest wife, and Sister Qiao followed Grandma Liu and Second Master Yun to Beijing."

Daiyu hurriedly asked, "Why didn't sister Qiao stay with my aunt?"

Zijuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's talk to grandma tomorrow."

Daiyu still didn't understand, but Xueyan understood, and said, "Did Second Grandma Bao go back with you?"

Zijuan shook her head and said: "No, Second Grandma Bao stayed in the capital, and now she and Sheyue do some needlework and sell it for a living. Apart from the ones we arranged, there is Xiren to help. After Xiren leaves the mansion, she will marry her." It was given to an actor who redeemed himself, that is Jiang Yuhan who was beaten by the second master Bao back then, also called Qiguan, Qiguan had accumulated a lot of family property, and now Xiren is also the housekeeper grandma. At that time, she redeemed Musk Moon and came out, and gave it to Second Grandma Bao."

Xueyan smiled and was about to say something when she saw