Mrs. Xing of the Red Chamber

Not long after the new year, it was reported that Wang Ziteng was not far from the capital. When he was sick, the doctor prescribed the wrong medicine and suddenly passed away.

When the news came, it was very secretive. Only Jia Mu, Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Wang knew about it in the Rongguo Mansion. It seemed that some official secrets were involved. The Wang family didn't even dare to do funerals, only Wang Ziteng's nephew Secretly paid homage.

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang pretended not to know about Wang Ziteng's sudden departure. They did what they had to do as usual, and when they mentioned Wang Ziteng in private, they just sighed and left them alone.

For fear of being implicated by Wang Ziteng's matter, the people in the Rongguo Mansion only secretly heard about some not simple reasons for Wang Ziteng's death. It is said that he lost a large amount of military pay during his tenure.

Although the Holy Majesty gave Prince Teng a more decent way of death, so that he would not be charged with crimes, he still had to pay for the deficit he caused during his tenure.

The Wang family has almost gone bankrupt to repay the shortfall, but it is not enough. The rest of the amount will still be repaid by Wang Ziteng's nephew.

It can be said that the Wang family did not dare to offend easily because of Wang Ziteng, but now that Wang Ziteng is dead, and because of that reason, people who used to be related to the Wang family have distanced themselves and started to avoid it. It's gone, there's really no way to avoid it, and it's just that he hesitates and refuses to say a word, and refuses to agree to any request from the Wang family.

As for Jia Zheng and the others who were helped by Wang Ziteng before, when people from the Wang family came to ask for an audience, no one came out to see the Wang family. They just let the servants pass a word saying that the Rongguo Mansion can't take care of itself now. Powerless, please forgive them.

Even Mrs. Wang didn't say a word about it. Even when her natal sister-in-law said she wanted to see her, Mrs. Wang didn't agree, so the Wang family went back empty-handed.

Wang Xifeng still doesn't know the news that her uncle has gone. She thought that Wang Ziteng would soon return to the capital to be his first-rank cabinet scholar, and she was still thinking about how prestige she would be in the future.

It can be said that the death of Wang Ziteng and the rapid decline of the Wang family made the Rongguo Mansion unable to straighten its back. After Jia Zheng lost his official position, the people in the mansion still had some confidence in their hearts. At this time, they also followed Wang Ziteng The dead disappeared.

Originally, Mother Jia and the others thought that they could rely on their relationship with Wang Ziteng in the future to allow Jia Zheng to return to officialdom, but now this hope has also been shattered.

It's hard to say whether Jia Zheng will be able to be an official in the future. Mrs. Wang persisted strongly this time, holding her breath in her heart. The Wang family has almost completely collapsed. In the future, she will not have the part to speak.

The reason why Mrs. Wang had the confidence to fight the old lady and Xijue's big house before was because her sons and daughters were up to date and her mother's family was powerful.

Now all the sons and daughters are gone, leaving only Jia Baoyu who is still stupid, her mother's family has also collapsed, and she is not loved by her husband--and even Jia Zheng's small official position is gone. Now the loss of power is a certain fact.

The servants in the Rongguo Mansion are the best at watching the dishes. Seeing that the second room is losing power, they all fall to the big room. Li Mo has also felt the benefits of this trend recently.

On weekdays, what did Li Mo order to go on? Except for the people on Dafang’s side, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion either took the opportunity to delay, or they couldn’t do it without this thing, and they didn’t care about Li Mo, the wife of Dafang at all. in the eyes.

Now there is no special order from Li Mo, someone came to the door and took the initiative to deliver it, and said:

"Ma'am, I have already delivered your ingredients today, and they are all the freshest and juicy ones. Take a look—if you are not satisfied, this old slave will go to the big kitchen to pick out new ones for you. They were just sent by Zhuangzi, and they are all good."

Li Mo was working on the kang, the winter chill had not yet passed, and it was very cold. Looking at the woman standing in front of him, he was not surprised at their change of attitude, but said very calmly:

"Well, okay, I know you are a good person, go down and receive the reward!"

Qiuhe saw that Li Mo had such a good attitude towards these people, so he said a little bit incomprehensibly:

"Ma'am, you have a very good temper, right? Before, they didn't pay attention to you at all. They ordered them to do something and just cursed at you. This kind of person should not even let them in!"

Seeing her indignation, Li Mo said a little amusedly:

"I have seen clearly what kind of people they are these years, but now they come to offer their courtesies and I just follow suit. Anyway, I didn't promise them anything, but I didn't take the initiative to refuse.

If I refused, wouldn't it be pushing them to the second room? It's better to let them keep looking forward to hope that they won't have the determination to go all the way to the dark with the second room and help the second room. It's on the other side's side.

This is such a simple thing that I just need to meet them, so why should I refuse, anyway, everyone has nothing to do in winter, so let's pass the time and go to the theater! "

When Qiu He heard what Li Mo said, the expression on his face was better. At this time, Xiao Yin walked in from the outside, patted the snowflakes on his shoulders with his hands, and then came over.

He said with a smile: "Madam, this servant has already delivered the things to Young Master Hengan and the others. Master also asked this servant to thank Madam for your kindness, saying that it is for the gift you prepared for his family last time. After the family received it, They all like it very much."

Li Mo was very happy when he heard that the things he gave were liked by others, and said:

"Well, it's good to make the master's family like it. How about this? Didn't Zhuangzi send a few new grass carp? You take three and the vegetables I grow here, a few chickens and ducks, and have them sent to the master's house for them to taste. , It's not easy to eat fresh vegetables in this winter, and it's my heart to send them over."

Xiao Yin blessed the body, and after saying yes, he went to prepare things and sent them to the master's house.

Li Mo's punishment for Xiaoyin was around the time of the Chinese New Year. Seeing that she had been performing very well, Li Mo was also used to her, so he asked her to come back to serve him.

And Xiaoyin did not disappoint Li Mo's expectations of her. Since she was transferred back to her side, she has become more calm in dealing with things than before, and she will not act against Li Mo's will anymore.

Li Mo was very satisfied with this. As for Qiuhe and Xiaomei, Li Mo also asked them to take care of them. Anyway, Li Mo didn't care about spending some money to make his life more comfortable. Anyway, the money in the space could not be used up.

As for Heng An and Jia Zong's side, apart from the two servants and two maids who were arranged to serve them according to the custom in the mansion, there was also the nanny who took care of them together since they were young.

But boys, how can they be pampered like Jia Baoyu? On weekdays, Li Mo let Heng An and the others dress and wash themselves, and the people around him could only help them prepare their things and put them away. In front of them, urge them to do it themselves.

There is no way, whoever makes Li Mo more talkative in other aspects, but when it comes to the education of Hengan and the others, they are extremely strict. Some people ignored Li Mo's orders before, and in order to make Hengan and the others rely on themselves, they scrambled to give They dress and wash.

He even sued Jia She, saying that Li Mo treated his own child badly and treated his concubine Jia Zong harshly. Unfortunately, before Li Mo could do anything, Jia She dealt with him first.

If those people said goodbye to Li Mo, Jia She might still have doubts, but when it comes to treating his concubine Jia Zong, even Jia She felt his own conscience. That's great.

Not to mention anything else, Li Mo always treats Jia Zong as Hengan has, and Jia Zong also has. Of course, as a mother, she gives her son some subsidies in private, and she takes her own money, so it makes sense not to give Jia Zong.

Anyway, on the whole, Li Mo, the aunt, has done a very good job. She has done everything that should be considered for the concubines and concubines. As for the effect, it depends on them.

Li Mo has never been a soft-hearted person, and he also knows the inferiority of lack of people's hearts. When it comes to dealing with Jia Zong, he also has a share in the face of Hengan. .

With Li Mo watching, Jia Zong had no chance to lie to Hengan. Even if Hengan let him be tricked and begged in front of Li Mo occasionally, Li Mo would not show affection to his son at all, and he would not do it if he said no.

There have been a series of accidents recently, and Jia She is not in a good mood these days. With the people close to him falling down one by one, Jia She can't help but believe that it is really going to attack the Rongguo Mansion now.

Looking at his lovely wife and children, mother, brothers, nephews and nieces around him, asking Jia She to do nothing, just watching the Rongguo Mansion fall step by step, his wife and children separated, Jia She thought he couldn't do it.