Dream Continues Red Mansion: Melting Daixin

Jia's and Xue's houses reported that Lin Daiyu was ungrateful, and in a rage, Daiyu went to Mrs. Wang to ask for Lin's property. Mrs. Wang prevaricated that although she had it, the amount was small, so Lin Daiyu said she wanted to ask her uncle for clarification.

After saying that, Daiyu turned around and was about to leave. Thinking of Mrs. Wang's words just now, she looked back and said, "Madam, please rest assured, Baoyu is Baoyu, and I am me. From this hour onwards, I will not allow Baoyu to enter the Xiaoxiang Pavilion." .”

He walked out quickly, ignoring Tan Tan, the second daughter of Xiang, and Xi Ren who stood there blankly, and came to Jia Zheng's study in front.

Tanchun and Xiangyun were shocked, their eyes met, and they said in their eyes: 300 million taels of silver, this is a lot of money.It is said that the Xue family, whose pearls are like iron and gold, was only a millionaire when it was at its peak. How glorious was the Lin family back then!

Just imagine that the ancestor of the Lin family, who once inherited the ranks of the princes, was already the fifth generation when Daiyu's father came. The words are great.

But Xiren stayed there. What was Lin Daiyu doing? She knew Lin Daiyu's temper. Although she had a quarrel with Baoyu, she was the most considerate of Baoyu. Only then did he dare to be rude to Daiyu.

What happened to Miss Lin today?Daiyu helped Zicuckoo's hand, took a break to catch her breath, then got up again, walked through the Rongxi Hall with a large plaque hung with red gold, nine dragons and green land, and entered Jia Zheng's study courtyard.

At that time, Jia Zheng was very proud of his officialdom. Because he had been promoted and had a lot of work in the past few days, the ministry received a certificate, so he was rewarded by the old, recommended by relatives and friends, and all kinds of entertainment were endless.I just took a break today, sitting in the study, reading a letter, frowning together.It turned out that Jiamu entrusted him to investigate the matter. After several days of investigation, there were results, but it made him depressed, and he didn't know how to tell Jiamu.

Daiyu came to the door and called softly, "Uncle."

Jia Zheng raised his head and saw Daiyu standing there curled up, just like his younger sister Jia Min carved it out back then. The memories of the past that he couldn't bear to look back came to his mind, and he couldn't help but think of the days when brothers and sisters loved each other.

Jia Min is the only biological sister of him and Jia She, and their parents love her like a treasure, making the two brothers love her sister even more, and they also like her very much.Sister Min is exceptionally smart, slim and pretty, with a sweet smile, a pair of dexterous hands that can produce flowers, and a talent that surpasses that of his elder brother.Jia Min is also very affectionate to his two elder brothers, and he will never forget the delicate and crisp "brother" in his life.Now he can still remember sister Min's birthday, but she is no longer there.Every year on his younger sister's birthday, he would find a way to get novelty things for his younger sister as a gift.When he married his wife Wang Shi, his mother didn't like Wang Shi very much, there were many conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and many troubles were turned into dust and smoke when his sister talked and laughed.

When his sister passed away, he could hardly accept the reality. How could his sister be ahead of him?He was afraid of seeing his sister's daughter, afraid of arousing his nostalgia, afraid of thinking of his sister's appearance when she was young, and afraid that he would mistakenly think that her sister was following him and walking in front of him.

Many years have passed, and my younger sister's daughter is already slim, approaching the age when my younger sister got married.He couldn't help but blame himself for neglecting his niece and not caring much about his niece for so many years.Fortunately, my niece grew up in my own family, so I didn't treat my niece wrong, and I can be considered worthy of my sister.

But, what about the property of the younger sister and brother-in-law to the niece and daughter?

The niece seldom came to his study, so there must be some reason for such a serious matter, so Jia Zheng hurriedly called Daiyu in.

Dai Yufu met with a salute, Jia Zheng helped him up, and said with guilt on his face, "Nephew and daughter don't need to be polite."

Daiyu lowered her head and said, "My niece wants to go back to the south of the Yangtze River to pay respects to her parents, please uncle."

There was a trance in front of his eyes, as if his sister told him that she was going to marry in Suzhou.Jia Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "My niece is living well. Why are you leaving? Your family has long lost relatives. Where can you go? Has someone in the house wronged you?"

Daiyu said softly: "Daiyu just wanted to be away from home for a long time. There was never a stick of incense in front of her parents' grave. Now that Daiyu is old, Daiyu should go back to show her filial piety. But before she left, Daiyu I want to ask my uncle to be the master, to hand over the 300 million taels of silver from the Lin family brought back by Lian's second brother and the antique jade articles from the Lin family to Daiyu, and Daiyu will take them away at her own discretion. Daiyu will never forget the Jia family's nurturing feelings , how much should be left, Daiyu will keep it."

Jia Zheng's heart moved, and Lin Daiyu clearly stated the amount Jia Lian brought back that year, which was consistent with what was stated in the letter. It seemed that there was something wrong with her own family, and she said with difficulty: "I thought that the property of the Lin family was being watched by outsiders. , Jia Lian was not doing well, so he wanted to investigate. Not only did he just receive the news, most of them were brought back to the mansion by Jia Lian. But why didn't he hear a word from his nephew?"

Daiyu said: "Daiyu doesn't know, Daiyu only knows that when she came to the mansion for the first time as a guest, her father made arrangements for Daiyu's expenses in the mansion, and every year her father also sent Bo Yin to the mansion for Daiyu. In order to avoid any loss in Jia's mansion because of bringing up Daiyu, when he entered the mansion again, my father entrusted the family property to Lian's second brother and brought it back."

It turned out that when Lin Daiyu first came to Jia's mansion, she didn't come empty-handed.Back then, Lin Ruhai knew well that the servants of Jia's mansion had a pair of rich eyes, so in order to prevent Daiyu from being wronged in the mansion, she prepared enough money for Daiyu.Nominally, it was an example of Tuo Jiazheng fully assisting Jia Yucun, a member of the Jia family, to pay a certain amount of expenses, but in fact Jia Zheng only took a small part to get through the joints, and left most of the rest to the government.Therefore, Daiyu's food and clothing at that time also belonged to the Lin family.

Jia Zheng thought to himself: This matter will eventually come to light, and I will give my niece an explanation.Then he said, "Niece, I know everything. Let's go to the old lady's place and call your Lian's second brother. We'll find out if we ask."

Uncle was sensible, and Daiyu calmed down.So he and Jia Zheng went to the place where Jia's mother sat up and had a banquet.

Jia Zhenggong stood in front of Jia's mother and told Jia's mother all the information he had received. It turned out that the Lin family's accounts, together with the copy of the handprint of Jia Lian, who handled it, were all investigated.

Mother Jia remained silent, before she said for a long time: "I just thought, how could the Lin Jiayou family be so shabby, think about the boxes of your sister Min's dowry back then, the ones over there left the city gate, and the ones here have not yet arrived. Leaving the mansion, the aura is nothing more than the princess's marriage. If I ask, people will think that I took Yu'er here because of the property of the Lin family. That's why I endured it."

Jia Zheng asked suspiciously, "Where did Jia Lian get such a large sum of money?"

Mother Jia sighed, "Go back and ask your wife, there must be nothing left."

Jia Zheng looked puzzled and said, "Well, what do you say?"

He called his servants loudly to invite Mrs. Wang and Jia Lian.

After a long time, Mrs. Wang came with a face.As soon as Daiyu left, Aunt Xue arrived. Before Mrs. Wang said anything, Aunt Xue asked Mrs. Wang repeatedly what her intention was, why Baoyu had been in frequent contact with Daiyu these days, and that he was going to be engaged to Baochai. You shouldn't be too concerned about other women, even brothers and sisters, you should be moderate.

In fact, Mrs. Wang was sick in her heart. She used Lin Daiyu's things, but Lin Daiyu didn't know about it. After hearing Aunt Xue's words, she asked Daiyu to marry her instead. She was afraid of hurting Daiyu's heart. The government benefits.So she had no choice but to remain kind and considerate to Daiyu, acquiescing to Baoyu's trips to Xiaoxiang.But he was worried about Baoyu and Daiyu's thoughts. It happened that Xiren came to her room to answer, so he secretly asked Xiren to pay more attention.Therefore, Baoyu paid close attention to Daiyu's illness, and Mrs. Wang did not criticize her. She wanted to stabilize Daiyu first and then make sense.

Aunt Xue also felt relieved. Mrs. Wang was about to talk about Lin Daiyu's request for her property, when Jia Zheng's servants came to call Mrs. Wang over.

At that time, Sister Feng looked serious, and Ping'er helped her into the room.But Jia Lian couldn't find anyone, and he didn't know which flower street and willow alley he was wandering in.

Sister Feng is a shrewd person, and Mother Jia often asks her to show Daiyu the accounts. When she gets in touch with Daiyu, she not only appreciates Daiyu's unique talents and virtues, but also tastes that Daiyu's heart is more dry than dry. Linglong, in fact, about the property of the Lin family, she and Daiyu have a tacit understanding with each other, she doesn't talk about it, and Daiyu doesn't ask.

I'm afraid it's impossible to hide it, and besides, she felt sorry for Sister Lin, so she had to tell the truth.

Mrs. Wang saw that it was Jia Zheng who was asking questions, and Jia's mother embraced Daiyu with a serious face. If she said she didn't know, she would not be able to justify it, so she smiled and said, "It's a matter of course. The eldest girl is like my own child. Seeing her as an outsider, her food and clothing are the same as Baoyu's, she is better than Sanya and the others, and she has not been wronged. I am thinking about our family and what we should share with each other. When we talk about building the garden, the house is tight , because I used the big girl’s money first, and then used the big girl’s treasures to get something for the empress in the palace.”

Jia Zheng said with an ugly face, "No matter how difficult it is, we can't touch my niece's money. Our family has to find a way."

Mrs. Wang said: "Our mansion can't afford the money to build a garden. What do you want me to do? At that time, the empress will not lose face, but also commit a crime of deceiving the emperor. The big girl's money is there, and I just borrow it." , wait until you have it and then pay it back.”

Jia Zheng couldn't help being angry, and asked: "If there is a problem, you just say it to me. What are you doing with your niece's money? If you don't have it, just build less yards. It's so extravagant that even your mother said it was extravagant." Let me ask you again, you said to pay back the money from your niece, how much did you pay back? What do you do with the treasures of your niece's house?"

In fact, Mrs. Wang also has difficulties. Jia Zheng and Jia She don't know how to make a living. Jia Zheng is okay, he is a decent official, but his salary is meager. With the tenant's income, how can it cover the expenses of the whole mansion?Then Jia She was blind to extravagance, how did he know that the mansion was already stretched, so Jia She borrowed 5000 taels of silver from Sun Shaozu and sold his own daughter Yingchun to Sun's family to be left out in the cold.

Mrs. Wang said with restraint: "Master, you should also think about this reason. I didn't do this for the sake of empress and honor. I can live a happy life in the palace, which makes our mansion prosperous and the eldest girl can live comfortably. .”

Jia Zheng was originally a man of integrity, humility and kindness. Although pedantic, he helped the weak and the needy. He paused for a while and said with a serious face: "It's really hard to reason with you. Now my niece insists Back in Suzhou, you should find a way to return the money to your niece, this is the first thing."

Turning around and not looking at Mrs. Wang, she raised her head and let out a long sigh of relief, said ruthlessly, "The second thing is to concubine you and be on the same level as Aunt Zhao. The affairs of the house will be handed over to my mother and then delegated to others. You go back and think about your mistakes."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the room was stunned. They looked at Jia Zheng with several pairs of eyes, and Daiyu also stood up.

Mrs. Wang didn't believe it even more, and asked: "Master, what did you say?" He gave birth to three children for him, and he didn't care about the relationship between husband and wife. For the sake of a niece, you want to demote your wife into a concubine?

Jia Zheng put his hands behind his back and said coldly, "You are now a concubine, so you can take care of yourself."

Mrs. Wang finally believed the facts in front of her, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings, her eyes went dark, she almost fell to the ground, she hurriedly gathered her mind, and forced herself to be calm.From then on, she was as low-status as Aunt Zhao, unable to raise her head in front of others. From then on, she wanted to greet Jia Zheng's wife and retreat.But she comes from everyone, she understands the rules of women's morality, since she married her husband, and since he has made up his mind, she can't refute it, she knows what to do, she got off the chair and knelt down and said, "Thank you, master."

Get up and stand aside.His face was indifferent and sad, but he couldn't show the slightest bit of it.

Tanchun and Xiangyun outside the door looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what had happened, so they pushed Xiren to invite Baoyu.After a while, Baoyu came in a hurry, his face was extremely anxious, but he didn't dare to come in, so he knelt down at the door with a plop and said, "Daddy, Baoyu is willing to suffer for mother", and Tanchun also knelt down.

Jia's mother was also taken aback, she never thought of letting Mrs. Wang be demoted to a concubine, she just wanted to give Yu'er justice, Lin Daiyu has her own property, even if she goes to her husband's house, she will not be looked down upon by others. If she can marry Baoyu, Mrs. Wang will not treat Lin Daiyu slowly.And when she dies, she can close her eyes and walk away with peace of mind.

Daiyu saw that Mrs. Wang was implicated because of her own affairs, and she couldn't bear it. She was a little angry at first, but she was angry all by herself. Now that Mrs. Wang is being blamed, she feels uncomfortable.Now he came and knelt in front of Jia Zheng and said, "Uncle,"

Jia Zheng helped her up and said, "Niece, get up quickly. Uncle is not good, you have been wronged."

Daiyu still knelt on the ground and said: "My uncle forgave my aunt, and Yu'er got up. Yu'er has been in this mansion for so many years, and her aunt has taken care of her. Now because of Yu'er's incident, she has caused her aunt to suffer, and Yu'er is heartbroken." I can't bear it, if uncle doesn't take back his promise, Yu'er will have no face to live in the mansion any longer."

Jia Mu said: "Okay, it's fine if you are too angry and punished. Give Yu'er a face. Anyway, your daughter-in-law is the mother's own mother. You can't really let her be a concubine. Just let her know how powerful it is. Let people know that your mother-in-law has been demoted to be a concubine, how can you gain a foothold in the palace? Look at Yu'er and your children are kneeling outside."

Mother Jia's concerns were not only for the sake of Yuanchun, but also for the sake of Daiyu's relationship with Mrs. Wang.Although Mrs. Wang will keep her duty as a concubine, she will definitely feel resentful towards Daiyu in her heart. Besides, she is also the mother of her grandson Baoyu, so she can't let her grandchildren become concubines. How can Baoyu hold her head up in front of others? Come.

Seeing what his mother said, Jia Zheng waved his sleeves and said, "Since mother said it, it's fine. But Yu'er's money and things must be returned in full, otherwise how can I be worthy of my sister and brother-in-law."

Jia's mother also said: "You just ask frequently. If you say there is a mistake, you have it too. If you leave the family affairs to her, you don't ask any more. When she inevitably has difficulties, you let her be a woman. How do you get the money out?"

Jia Zheng had no choice but to nod, but said, "I've given back her title as wife, but let Baoyu kneel for an hour to be punished for her mother."

After that, I felt a little relieved, confessed to Jia Mu, turned around and left the room, and the matter came to an end.