[Red Mansion] The Wife of Powerful Officials

That day, Jia's mother was a little absent-minded when eating.

Daiyu went through a lot of things that day, and she didn't have the energy to speak during the banquet, so she just ate quietly.

After dinner, Mother Jia didn't let her talk as usual, and she only missed Yuanyang to accompany her back to rest.

Daiyu's mind was still full of daytime affairs at the moment, and she also needed to go back and sit quietly for a while, so she didn't say much, and just went back.

After Daiyu left, Jia's mother fell into some kind of melancholy.

The old Wang's family who was by her side couldn't help asking: "Are you still worrying about the second master Bao?"

Mother Jia let out a sigh of relief, and said: "There used to be such a saying. No matter how absurd a prodigal son is, once he gets married, he will be different from before. Once he has a wife, he naturally knows his responsibilities and knows how to make progress. "

The old Wang's family was surprised: "Are you planning to marry Baoyu?"

"It's impossible to get married so soon." Jia's mother's voice changed suddenly: "But at Baoyu's age, engagement is just right."

After saying this, Jia Mu was silent for a while.

The old Wang's family had a vague guess in their hearts, but it was hard to say it out, and the room fell silent for a while.

On the second day, Jia Mu didn't mention those words again, as if nothing happened yesterday.

It's just that there are two people in Rongguo Mansion whose hearts are on fire.

One belonged to Zhou Rui's family. Even after waking up from sleep, and recalling yesterday, he still felt a chill behind his back.

One is Mrs. Wang, who went back to Jia Zheng's courtyard. Without saying a word to Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng went to Aunt Zhao's place.

Zhou Rui's family washed their faces, but they were able to pretend to be normal, and continued to work around the Rongguo Mansion, but when they caught a glimpse of the direction of the Bisha cabinet, they felt like they didn't want to set foot again.

The breath in Mrs. Wang's chest became more and more congested, and she suffered from such a minor illness.But Baoyu didn't dare to go to her sister and sister, so she accompanied Mrs. Wang all day long and invited the doctor to come and see her.

But outside the Rongguo Mansion, something serious happened.

In the early court, there was an officer who said that it was a style of writing by the Ministry of War, and his words and deeds were improper, which made a joke of favoring concubines and destroying wives.

What's even more ridiculous is that, under his influence, the little concubine's younger brother, relying on his size as an official, forcibly robbed civilian daughters and insulted the daughters of other innocent families.

Afterwards, people were killed, and An Ming even paid bribes to obscure the matter.

It should be cut!

This post naturally refers to An Ming.

This one came from Qianlong's single-handed arrangement.

The purpose is to remove He Shen from this matter.

Instructed by Qianlong, the speech officer used misconduct, accidents in the backyard, and deaths as introductions, and then pointed out the incident of An Ming's bribery in a pen-and-post style.

Anming can be dealt with without leaving future troubles.

Soon, An Ming and his concubine's younger brother were sentenced to Ling Chi.

Officials who took bribes were demoted.

On the second day, his concubine hung herself to death with a foot of white silk in panic.

His wife also severed ties with An Ming and left on her own.

Such a thing is not big or small.

Although it is said that someone is dead, but the position of writing post style is really not enough to be seen in Beijing.

But it's just a pen post, who would take it to heart?

On the contrary, the petty officials heard about it, and all of them tightened their tails, and Beijing's attitude of bribery was also suspended.

Jia Zheng naturally knew about this.

When the speaker of the day played, he listened from the sidelines.

Although he didn't even see An Ming's face, he was shocked by Qianlong's coldness at the time of the attack, and chills rose from the bottom of his heart.

The other officials only saw An Ming's bribery, so they should be convicted for it.

But Jia Zheng just asked He Shen to remind him to be careful a few days ago, don't tell the officials to refer to the previous book, so naturally all he can think about at the moment is why An Ming caused such disasters, but because of his own bad conduct Duan, the backyard is restless, and even more can't control the concubine's younger brother, allowing him to rob people's daughters, insulting others' innocence, and killing people...

Think about it this way.

If he didn't care about Baoyu like this, and when Baoyu really insulted Daiyu, with Daiyu's temperament, he would become very angry and kill someone.

What should we do then?

The old lady and Mrs. Wang must try their best to protect Baoyu, but he is just a son...

Wouldn't they also fall into the same fate as An Ming?

Jia Zheng shuddered.

At this time, He Shen was sitting in the Taoist temple talking with Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng hurriedly raised his head, looked at He Shen who was facing him, tried his best to suppress the panic in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "I really want to thank Brother Zhi Zhai, if Brother Zhi Zhai didn't wake up, today's An Ming might be me. What it will look like in the future..."

Of course, what is the status of Rongguo Mansion?

It would not be Ling Chi like An Ming, but being demoted and reprimanded is certain.

For the face-conscious Jia Zheng, this was already tantamount to leaving him behind.

Therefore, Jia Zheng's gratitude at this time is really full of sincerity.

He Shen is drinking tea.

The cup covered half of his face, making it impossible for people to see his expression at this time.

He Shen pursed his lips slightly, and said with a smile, "As long as Brother Cun Zhou takes this matter to heart, that's fine."

The reason why he chose to report An Ming's matter to Qianlong at this time was precisely because he knew that Qianlong was thinking highly of him at this time, and naturally he could not tolerate someone like An Ming.But it is not easy to involve He Shen, Qianlong will inevitably instruct the officials to execute An Ming for other crimes.

And An Ming did indeed have a lot of misfortunes in the house, and He Shen just mentioned it a little, and Qianlong took his heart.

Here, Jia Zheng got his hint early again, and when the An Ming incident happened, it became a wake-up call in Jia Zheng's ears.

Jia Zheng doesn't think about anything else, he only thinks from He Shen's logic...

Naturally, on the one hand, he was frightened and determined to discipline Baoyu, but on the other hand, he wanted to thank him.

Jia Zheng had lingering fears, so he hurriedly talked with He Shen about how to discipline Baoyu.

He Shen naturally didn't change his face at this moment, and even said with a bit of evil heart: "Baoyu has been doted on since he was a child, and the whole family holds him in the palm of his hand. Where has he suffered? Tell him to suffer more , Naturally, it will be useful. Not to mention anything else, even if it makes him fear in his heart, it's good. Fear in his heart makes him dare not do anything wrong."

Jia Zheng nodded, secretly clenched his palms, thinking that he must not be lenient in his treatment of Baoyu in the future.

"How has Daiyu been these past two days?" He Shen changed the subject and suddenly asked Daiyu, his words were straightforward.

Jia Zheng didn't think otherwise, he only thought that He Shen was worried about Daiyu's accident and implicated him.

So he replied calmly: "That day I asked a few maidservants to send all the things that Brother Zhizhai sent to Daiyu, saying that I was very happy. I think it should be fine."

He Shen nodded, got up and said, "It's getting late, I still have things to do, so I won't be with Brother Zhou."

Jia Zheng nodded and watched He Shen go away.

It's just that when He Shen was far away, Jia Zheng felt that it was no fun sitting there, so he also went back to Rongguo Mansion early.

It was Zhou Rui who went out with Jia Zheng today.

Zhou Rui had already heard the woman at home mention He Shen, saying that he protected Miss Lin very tightly for fear of offending him.

At this time, naturally, I couldn't help but make a sound.

"Master, the one who takes care of Miss Lin like the servant, could it be that she fell in love with Miss Lin..."

Jia Zheng's face darkened: "What do you know? Don't mention these words in my ears in the future. I broke the rules."

Zhou Rui tightened his neck in fright, and only wanted to go back and tell the woman at home that he shouldn't offend, so don't offend her.

Now he only mentioned one sentence, and he was blamed by the second master.If the women in the family offend Miss Lin severely, they don't know what kind of blame they will suffer.

After Jia Zheng returned to Rongguo Mansion, he went to see Mrs. Wang.

One is because Mrs. Wang is ill, and the other is because she wants to tell Mrs. Wang something.

After entering the door, seeing Baoyu serving in front of Mrs. Wang's bed, he praised: "You are a sensible person today."

Baoyu was a little scared and didn't answer.

But Mrs. Wang felt much more at ease after hearing this.

After Jia Zheng sat down and asked a few more questions about Mrs. Wang's condition, she seemed to be concerned, and more than half of the depression in Mrs. Wang's heart came out.

But before Mrs. Wang had another word with Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng said, "I have something to tell you. Baoyu, go out and wait."

Baoyu was terrified of Jia Zheng, so he went out in a hurry.

When Mrs. Wang saw it, she was distressed and hated that iron could not be made into steel.

"What's the matter, master?" She actually wanted to step back and look like she was about to say something private.

Mrs. Wang was worried.

"In the future, you have to be more careful and prudent with Daiyu."

Mrs. Wang frowned: "What does the master mean by this? Daiyu is in the mansion, and I have always been very careful with her. Who doesn't know that she is the granddaughter of the old lady?"

"Don't say these words to prevaricate me." Jia Zheng's face elongated: "You just need to know that in the future, treat Daiyu kindly and act carefully, and don't let her feel discord in her heart."

"That's fine, why do you say these things for no reason?"

Jia Zheng then told Mrs. Wang about An Ming.

Mrs. Wang's heart was also tight, but she said: "I wouldn't see those maids staying with Baoyu all day. Don't worry, I won't allow Baoyu to mess around with this matter."

Mrs. Wang is still counting on Baoyu to marry a good relative in the future.

Jia Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the son had to mention He Shen a few more words.

"If he hadn't mentioned something, I would have softened my heart again that day and indulged Baoyu." Jia Zheng sighed: "In the future, I can't let Baoyu talk about Sister Lin all the time. He would be happy. But I don't want Dai How about Yu's end? If things go on like this, I don't know how many people will be offended."

Although Jia Zheng said so, Mrs. Wang still felt that Baoyu should not be beaten like that.

Baoyu always talked about Daiyu. Didn't Daiyu have any faults?

Those maids got close to Baoyu, and she could still have a fit.It happened that something happened to Daiyu, she was still cautious and did not dare to ask Daiyu to talk.

She is the one who should suffer from chest tightness and shortness of breath!

"You can take care of it for a few days and ask Caiyun to bring some high-quality ginseng and bird's nest to stew for you," Jia Zheng said.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang finally saw a good color on her face.

But after Jia Zheng left, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

She thought more than Jia Zheng.

That and the servant waited for Daiyu to take care of him for the sake of Mrs. Lin, but he couldn't find fault.

But looking at these equal parts, is it just an ordinary elder's affection for the younger?

Mrs. Wang is in the inner house, so she naturally sees things more broadly and farther away.

Immediately, Mrs. Wang laughed again.

If so, it would be a good thing.

It would make Baoyu break his mind, so that he would not think about Daiyu all day long, forget about tea and food, and go crazy.