Amnesty's daily life

"Greetings to the old lady, my daughter-in-law is late."

In the early morning, although it is now spring time, the sky is still bright very late.When Nala Shuxian arrived at Rongqing Hall after eating breakfast, the sky in the distance was just pale.Ordinarily, this point is not too late, but because Mrs. Wang was ahead of her for several days, Nala Shuxian simply agreed to be late.What surprised her was that after she said this, she realized that Mrs. Wang, who should have come to pay her respects earlier, had not arrived yet.

"Hey, today I was rushed early. I will thank my younger brother and sister later." Nala Shuxian said with a light smile.

Jiamu lowered her eyelids, and spoke for a while, but she didn't answer the quarrel at all, she just said: "What's the matter with Lian'er? Did you lose your temper in the East Courtyard? It turns out that he and the two little brothers, Zhu'er, have been together all day long." Let's play together, didn't Zhu'er come to ask me yesterday, where did Lian'er's brother go?"

Nala Shuxian smiled brightly: "Later, when Lian'er wakes up, I will bring him to find brother Zhu. Speaking of brother Zhu, I think of something. I heard that the second master has planned to give Zhu Is my brother enlightened?"

Brother Lian is now three years old, and Brother Zhu is one year older than him. It is fair to say that this four-year-old kid is too early to start, but he can barely say it is not too early.Like the Zhang family of the original owner's natal family, all males, regardless of their sons and daughters, were enlightened at the age of three, unless they were named on the gold list, they had to read it all the time.Girls are much more relaxed. They are enlightened at the age of six, and they only need to go to school for half a day every day, and for the rest of the day, they follow their mothers or female elders to learn housekeeping and directorship and other things that a daughter should learn.As for the Rongguo Mansion, there were no clear rules, but it would be normal if rules were established from this generation onwards.

"It's not enlightenment, it's to ask Zheng'er to teach a little bit first. After all, Zheng'er's wife is different from you, I'm afraid Zhu'er will follow his mother. Next year, our family will have a filial piety, and Zheng'er will also be busy with business I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of Zhu'er at that time." Jia Mu squinted her eyes and said pointedly.

"Old lady, you are right." Nala Shuxian smiled and agreed, as if she had never understood the meaning of Jia Mu's words.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a while, and the topic mainly revolved around the two children, brother Lian and brother Zhu.Of course, Brother Lian must be the protagonist, after all, for Nala Shuxian, she only glanced at Brother Zhu from a distance, so she is not familiar with him at all.After chatting for a while, it was bright outside, but Mrs. Wang was still nowhere to be seen.Nala Shuxian was happy to watch the fun, not to mention, from the mother of a country to the little daughter-in-law in the Rongguo Mansion, she felt the ease and ease that she had not seen for a long time.At this moment, she finally understood why Concubine Xin was always willing to suppress low-level concubines and nobles.Although Nala Shuxian didn't have the bad taste of Concubine Xin, she still planned to wait for the development of the situation.

After another quarter of an hour, Mrs. Wang finally arrived late.

"Old lady, my daughter-in-law is late, and I blame that girl Jinzhu for not waking me up after seeing me sleeping soundly." Mrs. Wang walked hurriedly, and her tone was full of uneasiness.It's just that what she said was more like an excuse than an apology.You know, even if La Shuxian was not late in the past, as long as Mrs. Wang arrived one step earlier than her, she would smile and apologize, and she never made excuses.

Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang coldly, without saying a word.

Nala Shuxian also looked over curiously, but couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

The makeup on Madam Wang's face is very thick, not at all like her usual style, especially under the eyes, which is almost thickly applied, and the cheeks on both sides are also deliberately smeared with facial fat.Ordinarily, there is nothing wrong with a woman coming to pay her respects after she has carefully dressed up, but for Mrs. Wang, the most inappropriate thing is that the dressing up delays the time to greet her, and this makeup not only does not match her age and temperament, but also reveals a trace of deliberation , making people want to inquire what is hidden under the thick makeup at a glance.

Everyone has curiosity, it just depends on personal control.

Fortunately, none of the people present were idiots. Mother Jia just watched coldly without asking, and La Shuxian drank tea openly. They stared down at their insteps.For a while, there was no sound in Rongqing Hall.

In the end, it was Mrs. Wang herself who laughed a few times, and sat down beside Nala Shuxian cheekily.

Seeing this, Nala Shuxian asked kindly: "What's wrong with Sister Yuan? I know that my brother and sister are pure filial people, but I can't just ignore the children just to rush to pay my respects. Brother and sister, are you right?"

"Sister-in-law, what you said is true." After saying that, Mrs. Wang felt mixed feelings.

There are several reasons why she was late this time, besides sister Yuan's quarrel all night, last night Jia Zheng came back suddenly and taunted her, and there was an accident before dawn today. Several nuns in charge came to her to ask for advice.Mrs. Wang couldn't figure out whether it was a coincidence or someone was behind the scenes.She had doubted Nala Shuxian before, but after she found out that Nala Shuxian had never left the gate of the east courtyard since she asked Ann to go back in the morning, her suspicions disappeared.There are some things that she can't reveal by herself, so she hopes to let others bring up this topic through this thick makeup, but unfortunately no one is an idiot.

"Okay, you're all busy, so you might as well leave early, and come see my old lady again if you have some free time." Mother Jia glanced at the two daughter-in-laws sitting below, and she knew that Mrs. Wang must be late. The reason just mentioned, but she didn't want to ask what happened in front of Nala Shuxian.

Nala Shuxian immediately got up and bowed to leave, she looked so dignified and stable from the beginning to the end, and her illness had already recovered, her complexion was rosy and full of energy, even if she didn't have extra words or actions, she was still an easy general Madam pressed down.

Mrs. Wang stood stiffly in the hall, but La Shuxian had already left, and Jia Mu looked tired again, so she had to grit her teeth and back out, but when she went out, she ruthlessly twisted on the arm of the maid Jinzhu. "You came up with a bad idea!"

Jin Zhu was in so much pain that tears came out, but she could only hold back, taking advantage of the moment Mrs. Wang turned her side, she quickly wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, pretending that nothing happened.But Mrs. Wang only walked outside quickly, intending to stop Nala Shuxian.I don't know if it was God's help, or it was just a coincidence, when their master and servant walked outside to the hanging flower door, La Shuxian was standing by the side looking at the flowers, and beside her was the stern-faced and silent Rong Nunnery.

"Sister-in-law is very interested." Mrs. Wang walked up to Nala Shuxian a few steps, and said in a bad tone.

"Aren't I waiting for my younger siblings?" Nala Shuxian chuckled.

"What do you mean..." Mrs. Wang's face changed immediately, but before she finished speaking, she saw several nurses in charge rushing over, and when they arrived, they hurriedly knelt in a row, and all of them had pale faces. Sweat in between.Mrs. Wang cried out that it was not good at the moment, she hurriedly looked at Nala Shuxian, but saw that La Shuxian still maintained the posture of admiring the flowers just now, and glanced at her from the corner of her eye with a half-smile.

"Let's go to Rongxi Hall!" Mrs. Wang pulled Jin Zhu hard, motioning her to call the nuns in charge who had been shaken into sieves.Jin Zhu wanted to act according to her master's orders, but she didn't have the ability, so she called her several times in a low voice, but those nuns in charge who were full of flattering words turned a deaf ear to her.Mrs. Wang took two steps, and when she looked back at the situation, she knew that something was wrong.

But at this time, Nala Shuxian kindly reminded: "It seems that these people are looking for the old lady, how about I take them in?"

"No need!" Mrs. Wang hurriedly interrupted La Shuxian's words, and when she realized that her tone was too impatient, a flash of embarrassment flashed across her face, "Sister-in-law, I mean, since the old lady My wife has left the housekeeping to me, and I will take care of it myself, so I don't need my sister-in-law to worry about it."

"Sure, you better be busy, brother and sister." Nala Shuxian was not pretentious, she gave Mrs. Wang a meaningful look, and then floated away with Nanny Rong.

Mrs. Wang was dying of anxiety, seeing these people unwilling to give her face, and even looking like they were planning to kneel to death at the entrance of Rongqing Hall, no matter how anxious and guilty she was, she couldn't avoid it this time.After hesitating for a while, Mrs. Wang simply gritted her teeth and turned back to the Rongqing hall. Before Jiamu recovered, she knelt down on the ground with a heavy plop.

Jiamu was surprised at first, but then she nodded clearly and winked at Pearl beside her. After a while, there were only Jiamu, Mrs. Wang and the attendants around Pearl left in the room.

"Well, what's the trouble?"

"Old lady, you have to help me this time. I don't know if I committed a villain this year. Since the beginning of the first month, everything has been going wrong, especially..."

"Say the point!!"

Mrs. Wang was shocked for a moment, and after trying to calm herself down, she said in a trembling voice again: "This morning, several nuns in charge came to look for me, saying that the subordinates had committed a crime and found out." After a pause, Mrs. Wang hurriedly added, "It's not a big deal, it's just that some people's hands and feet are not clean. Those who work in the kitchen secretly eat a little. There is also a sewing room. On the other side, I secretly took home the scraps of fabric left over from the clothes made by the masters. What’s more, there are some night watch women staying uneasy in the porter’s house, secretly cooking some midnight snacks.”

"Finished?"

"...Yes." Mrs. Wang struggled a bit, but finally nodded.

"Hmph, if it's just these things, what are you afraid of? It doesn't matter if it's dirty hands and feet, or not working hard, just beat them up and sell their teeth. Is it difficult?" Jia Mu's face was full Frost, the tone is cold.

All in all, Mrs. Wang's time as housekeeper is really not short.The two brothers Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng got married in the same year, but one is at the beginning and the end of the year, so there is not much difference.And in the first two years, even though Mother Jia was the head of the household, she still shared some work with her two daughters-in-law, but those jobs were basically thankless drudgery, which was enough to train people, but not enough. To establish the prestige of the government.Because Jiamu always favored the second son, Jia Zheng, and the four big families were in harmony, Mrs. Wang went to the mansion to accompany Jiamu. Gradually, Jiamu gradually transferred the housekeeping power to Mrs. Wang. .It was also a coincidence, at that time the original Zhang was pregnant, and she herself was cautious and cared about the first child, so Mother Jia easily used this opportunity to take away the only right she had at hand.But when Mrs. Wang was pregnant, she didn't follow this old rule.Over time, Mrs. Wang has more and more power in her hands, and now she can be regarded as the head wife of Rongguo Mansion.

"When I didn't delegate power before, you always wanted power on the sidelines. But I gave it to you, why can't you manage it? Wang, let me tell you, if you really don't have this ability, my wife can still bear it. Pulling you out of your temper. If you are clearly capable but harbor evil intentions... Huh, don't blame me for not saving face for you at that time!"

A flash of panic flashed across Mrs. Wang's face, she hesitated for a moment, and finally said honestly: "Old lady, I never lied to you, it's just that I arranged for two escorts to go in at the other side of the kitchen. It's them, the chief steward of the kitchen came forward, I didn't want to protect them, I just thought about how I took over for such a short time, if this matter becomes big, how will the people in the house think of me in the future? And needle and thread The situation at the other end of the room is similar... Old lady, please help me, I just don't want to lose face."

Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang solemnly, and waved her hand after a long time: "Go ahead, I will take care of this matter."

"Thank you, old lady, thank you..." Mrs. Wang got up in a hurry, and left quickly.It's just that she didn't know it. After she left, Mother Jia immediately smashed the teacup in her hand, and ordered Pearl to investigate clearly.

To be precise, Mrs. Wang really didn't lie, at most she just avoided the important ones.For example, in the kitchen, sewing room, etc., the companions she sent crowded out the original nuns in charge in just a few days, and ordered the subordinates to pay tribute to them. At first, because of the small number, those people did not want to Offending Mrs. Wang, she forcibly endured it.Unexpectedly, these people's appetites are getting bigger and bigger, and it is inevitable that they will encounter people who resist when they demand more.In particular, this huge Rongguo Mansion has been established for decades, and the relationship between the families and children underneath is intricate. Somehow, someone finally exposed all of this.

As for the concierge, it was even more difficult. If it was just not doing the job wholeheartedly, and eating some snacks in the middle of the night, it would not be a problem at all.But what if they were eating and drinking for money in the middle of the night?You know, Rongguo Mansion is still in the period of filial piety! !

For Jia Mu, it was very easy to investigate the truth, but after hearing the truth, she missed and dropped the teacup again.

"You bastard! That short-sighted, stupid woman of the Wang family! Come on, go and call Zheng'er here, go!" Mother Jia roared angrily, and called Jia Zheng to the Rongqing Hall to scold him. Of course, it wasn't Jia Zheng who scolded him. , but Mrs. Wang.It's a pity that the right to housekeeper cannot be lost no matter what. After calming down, Mother Jia signaled Jia Zheng to persuade Mrs. Wang to send Sister Yuan, who had almost recovered, to Rongqing Hall.Mother Jia's meaning is very clear, Madam Wang doesn't need to worry about other things, she just needs to be her head wife.

Mother Jia's idea was not wrong, the mistake was that she shouldn't let Jia Zheng spread the word.You know, after being provoked by Jia's amnesty yesterday, Jia Zheng already had a rift with Mrs. Wang, and if this happens again today, not to mention whether Mrs. Wang will resent Jia's mother, at least her husband and wife relationship with Jia Zheng The score has been reduced a lot.

However, this is just the beginning.

"Mother Rong, let's start the second round of planning." In the east courtyard, Nala Shuxian went to the East Wing to play with Brother Lian for a long time, and only took a sip of tea when she came back. After hearing the progress report from Mother Rong, she immediately started Yan Yixiao ordered.

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Only one day later, the Rongguo Mansion was turned upside down, and a shocking news was spread everywhere.

"Have you heard? Jin Zhu in front of the second wife is doing such shameful things in the study!"

"I know, isn't it just Yan'er, the book boy next to the master? They are cousins, and the family planned to kiss each other, so it doesn't matter."

"What's not in the way, do you think that's all? There's a lot of trouble inside."

"Is there any privacy left?"

"That's needless to say? Use your pig's brain, who is Jin Zhu? Let's not talk about her dignity in front of the second wife, but her family. Her father is the big shopkeeper in the second wife's dowry shop. She The mother is the nanny in charge of the second wife, and her little brother, who was accused of being accompanied by Master Zhu a few days ago. If you look at her cousin again, the old lady is dead. Skill, let alone Jinzhu, if it was a rough envoy, the servant girl would not take him along."

"It's not Yan'er, who else is there?"

"Tsk tsk, do you really recognize that you are a pig's brain? That is the study, who would go to the study? There are two masters and two young masters in our house, huh? What do you think?"

"Hey hey hey..."

As the saying goes, three people become tigers, gossip and rumors, as long as someone opens the mouth, there will be other idlers to help and spread the word.But in fact, Nanny Rong just ruined the good things about Jin Zhu and her cousin, and even the so-called good things were just kissing each other in the study and talking sweetly while holding hands.

After confirming that the rumors had spread completely, Nanny Rong went back to the East courtyard and did what she had to do, as if she didn't hear anything outside the window.

Some people are calm, while others are flustered.Ordinarily, it's not a big deal for the maids and servants in the mansion to privately decide their lives. If they are decent in front of the master, they can ask for favors, and it's not bad to make a pile.However, this incident unexpectedly involved the master and son. What's even more embarrassing is that Jia Daishan passed away less than three years ago!

"Speak, Wang! What the hell is going on!"

In Rongqing Hall, Mother Jia stared at Mrs. Wang with a livid face. Her son knew it. Mother Jia knew Jia Zheng's temperament too well. Jia Zheng would never flirt with a maid, let alone doing anything in a dignified place like the study.To put it simply, Jia Zheng is the most face-saving person and the most observant of rules, unless the elders offered to give Ji concubine, or Mrs. Wang suggested to show shame to the maid, except in these two cases, it is absolutely impossible for him to touch the maid of.Even more exaggerated is that, even if it was given by the elders or the first wife took the initiative, Jia Zheng would probably refuse several times in a row, and finally made an awkward appearance of "I don't want to refuse but just reluctantly accept it".

How high is the probability of taking the initiative to steal someone in terms of Jia Zheng's virtue?Still waiting in that study! !

"Old lady, I..." Mrs. Wang knelt on the ground, her face was filled with shame and anger in addition to panic.The personal servant girl represents the decency of the master. As the dowry maid she brought from her natal family, Jin Zhu has gained her trust on a daily basis. It hurt her.Now, Jinzhu has become a pastime for the people in the house, so what about her as the master?

In fact, Mrs. Wang couldn't believe that Jin Zhu would do such absurd things!

Happily, this is true.

Recalling last night, when she forced Jin Zhu to say whether someone framed her, but found out that everything was true, Mrs. Wang only felt bursts of despair in her heart, and she could hardly even kneel.

Love is such a thing that I really can't say for sure, otherwise how can there be such words as Xi Shi in the eyes of lovers?Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, Jinzhu is good everywhere, but her cousin Yaner has no advantages at all.But in Jinzhu's mind, as long as Yan'er treats her well, won't it be over?Don't look at Jinzhu being very beautiful in front of others, but in fact Mrs. Wang often takes her anger out on her. If it's just that, it's okay to bear it, but she has been with Mrs. Wang since she was six years old, and the whole family and relatives are married together When she arrived at Rongguo Mansion, she is now 19 years old. Mrs. Wang neither said to show her face to serve the master, nor to arrange a marriage for her. can not wait anymore.

Of course, Jin Zhu didn't dare to tell the truth about these things. She only said that she liked Yan'er, and that she didn't do anything shameful in the study room, but when she went to the study room to pass a message, her classmate said Two heartfelt words, that's all.

To be honest, Mrs. Wang believed her words, and at the same time, she was sure that after she told the truth, Mother Jia would believe her too.Believe it or not?What matters now is not trust, but how to cover up this matter perfectly.

"Ms. Wang, I'm so disappointed in you." Mother Jia said coldly.

Mrs. Wang's heart tightened, and she immediately pinched herself fiercely, with a face full of tears, Mrs. Wang cried and begged: "Old lady, Jin Zhu really can't blame me. Now that the matter has been spread, I think it would be better to let her marry that Yaner?" Not to plead for Jinzhu, but if Jinzhu is broken, then Mrs. Wang's own face will be trampled in the mud .

"Marry? Are you crazy or am I crazy! Don't forget, our family is still in the period of filial piety! Yes, servants don't have the good fortune to keep filial piety for the old man, but in this world, there are masters who keep filial piety, but servants put on lights Is there any reason for holding colorful weddings? Mrs. Wang, have you got any brains? Hurry up and start cleaning up immediately, the reasons are all ready-made, you should understand?"

The best reason is of course to show one's ambition by death.

"Old lady... yes, my daughter-in-law understands."

Jin Zhu died quietly, Mrs. Wang did not implicate her family, but because of Jin Zhu's ambition, she rewarded Jin Zhu's mother with an extra 200 taels of silver.As for Yan'er, he was sent to Zhuangzi after being beaten fifty times.

Within two days, there were two more maids in Mrs. Wang's room, one named Huadian and the other named Luodian, but in terms of appearance, they were far inferior to the dead Jinzhu, and they couldn't be said to be ugly, but ordinary in appearance, but because of Looking young, it looks quite juicy.Regarding this, Mother Jia was noncommittal. She herself came here when she was young, and no concubine would be happy to be surrounded by pretty little maids.Of course, this was when she was young. Ever since she got older, especially after Jia Daishan passed away two years ago, Mother Jia's whole disposition has changed, but now she likes the pretty little maid more and more.

At first glance, this incident seemed to have been revealed, but the rumors outside became more and more evil. Even the fact that Jia Zheng often didn't go back to his wife's house and stayed in the study every day with Nephrite in his arms came out.

The affairs of the nanny in charge of the mansion have not been fully taken care of, and rumors and rumors are flying all over the sky outside the mansion, and all kinds of incidents come one after another, one after another, leaving no chance for Mrs. Wang to breathe at all.Mrs. Wang was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground. Instead of reducing the number of incidents, there were signs of increasing.

A few days later, Nanny Rong came to Rongxi Hall and asked to see Mrs. Wang.