Wang Xifeng's Rebirth [Red Mansion]

It is said that a thorough investigation is required, but Wang Xifeng knows very well that it is impossible.It was almost the end of the new year, not to mention the large and small affairs of the mansion, just those people in Beijing and Jinling City who needed to socialize were enough for Wang Xifeng to have a headache.She could use the excuse that she was too busy, and begged Jia Mu to let Mrs. Wang go, but she couldn't bear to see Mrs. Wang being tossed to death after all the hard work.

Therefore, the so-called thorough investigation is nothing more than empty words to bluff people, but these are enough to deal with those little managers.

Let the nanny carry Sister Qiao to another room, Wang Xifeng took Zijuan and Feng'er, and questioned all the stewards in a threatening and intimidating manner.The steward was a little stubborn, so Wang Xifeng didn't punish him immediately, but asked the little maid to take him to the ear room and continue to interrogate the next one.Some timid ones, Wang Xifeng asked, but she said everything.

Half an hour later, Wang Xifeng had already asked all the small stewards who were in charge of distributing the items, and divided them into three groups, each of which was arranged in three different side rooms.

Zijuan brewed a pot of tea and brought a small plate of snacks to the kang table next to Wang Xifeng.Feng'er added two pieces of silver frost charcoal to the stove and handed it to Wang Xifeng.Wang Xifeng leaned on the soft cushion, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, and after a while she said to the two servant girls: "But what did you hear?"

Feng'er is more courageous than Zijuan, and she has been with Wang Xifeng for many years, seeing that Wang Xifeng's expression is not good, but his tone is calm, she smiled and said: "I see, several managers have changed. "

"That's right, I still have some sharp eyesight. Before you left, your elder sister Ping'er really taught you a lot, at least she didn't hide anything from you." Wang Xifeng praised first, then looked at Zijuan, "Zijuan, tell me .”

"Going back to grandma, Zijuan is stupid. I only see that those stewards are a little panicked, but the others are not." Zijuan hesitated for a moment, her tone full of uncertainty.

Wang Xifeng glanced at Zijuan again, and didn't say whether she was right or wrong, but there was a lot of meaning in that look.Fortunately, Wang Xifeng quickly looked away, and said: "I always think that the housekeeper is not bad. In the past, the second wife often entrusted me to handle things. Although it can't be called excellent, at least it's good. Never made a mistake."

These words were a little weird, Zijuan and Feng'er looked at each other, but neither answered.

"But today, I found out that I can't see through those people. Speaking of which, all the children in our family are really uncles. It is too common to deduct things from the masters. If It wasn't Sister Lin who moved, even if it was the eldest wife, I wouldn't bother to care about it. But take a closer look and see what they were afraid of just now."

That panic was obviously not fake.But to be honest, as for?Wang Xifeng, who was born again, could not be more clear about the virtues of having children in Rongguo Mansion.What bullying men and women, buying and selling officials, accepting bribes, etc., as long as you can't think of it, there is nothing they can't do.Like Lai Da, Jia Mu's confidant, the family's assets may not be able to beat hundreds of thousands.

Now, it's just scraped off a layer of grease, and Daiyu hasn't complained yet, and she just intends to hit it once or twice, and so on, so scared and confused?

If there is no ghost here, she will write the last name upside down!

Seeing that Zijuan and Feng'er didn't speak, Wang Xifeng simply calculated on his own: "Let's ignore what happened in the past few months. But I remember that since Baoyu and Lan'er were happy, the size of this mansion Everything was in my hands. But after Baoyu had nothing to do, the second wife took pity on me for working too hard and let me rest for two days. But after a while, the second wife went to honor the old lady, and this burden fell again. On my shoulders. Ugh."

That is to say, at most, it will only be a short period of one or two days. May I ask how much leisure Mrs. Wang has to replace most of the stewards in one or two days?

"Grandma, looking at those stewards who have been replaced, it seems that they are all in charge of Rongxi Hall?" Feng'er asked tentatively.

Wang Xifeng paused for a moment with the hand that was going to take the teacup, and after thinking about it carefully, he finally understood.The Yici Courtyard where Daiyu lived was originally where Jia Min lived before she got married.At that time, Jia Daishan had not yet passed away, and the owners of Rongxi Hall were Jia Daishan and Jia Mu. Therefore, as a very favored young girl, Jia Min naturally lived in the courtyard behind Rongxi Hall.That is to say, when broken down in detail, everything in the Yiciyuan passed through the Rongxi Hall.

Could it be that Mrs. Wang didn't like Daiyu again, deliberately... No, if nothing happened in the mansion, maybe Mrs. Wang would recall the grievances she suffered back then and seek Daiyu's troubles, but now she herself Daiyu's troubles can't be removed, how big a heart is to find Daiyu's troubles?

"Zicuckoo, go and bring everyone from the second ear room on the left."

"Yes."

In the second ear room on the left, there are all new faces, that is, people who have just become managers.Wang Xifeng divided them into three groups, and the left second ear room is only one of them, and it is also the most concerned one.

Those people were soon led to Wang Xifeng again.Wang Xifeng didn't speak immediately, but looked around those people one by one.In fact, it is not always true to say that it is a new face.Originally, Wang Xifeng was familiar with all those stewards, but the ones who replaced them now seemed unfamiliar, but they were all born in the same family, so they were not completely unfamiliar.In particular, Wang Xifeng has memories of previous lives. A large part of these people in front of him should not be reused at this time, but will be used in the next few years...

Wang Xifeng's eyes fell on the face of one of them. It was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman with a thin willow waist and an oval face.This person's appearance is not bad, but in the Rongguo Mansion where there are so many beauties, he is not outstanding at all, at least Feng'er beside her is more beautiful than this person.But the problem is, the more Wang Xifeng looked at him, the more familiar he looked.

At that moment, he specially called her to come forward, and after taking a closer look, Wang Xifeng asked, "What's your surname? Which family do you belong to? Who did you serve before? Why do I look so familiar?"

The man's face froze, and then he forced a smile and said: "If you go back to Lian's second grandma, my maiden name is Zhou, and my husband is Lai Shangde, the little steward at the front yard."

Laishander?

...Lai Shangrong? !

Wang Xifeng's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't reveal anything on his face, and just told the man to go back.After asking a few more people, after a while, I sent the people in front of me and the other two groups of people in the side room to leave.Naturally, Wang Xifeng didn't forget to tell them to be more careful about their errands, but he didn't say anything else.

After those people left, Wang Xifeng looked at Zijuan: "Zijuan, what did you want to say just now? Or, what are you trying to hide?"

Zijuan couldn't help but knelt down on the ground and exclaimed, "Grandma..."

"Finally, tell me about the Lai family first." When Wang Xifeng said this, he stared fixedly at Zijuan, who was trembling uncontrollably, and finally opened his mouth uncontrollably.

"Grandma, I just thought that some of those people were familiar, but I didn't recognize them, and I didn't dare to mention them rashly. It was the Zhou family just now, she said that her husband was Lai Shangde from the front yard...Grandma , Lai Shangde is the second grandson of Nanny Lai, and the second son of Housekeeper Lai."

really.

"Let's go, let's go back." Wang Xifeng left the Rongxi Hall directly, without mentioning the matter of going to the Memorial Hall.

In the evening, when Jia Lian came back, Wang Xifeng sighed and told the story.Jia Lian was a little surprised at first, but soon became enlightened.

"I originally wondered why the old lady changed her nature suddenly. Even if she wanted to deal with the second wife, there were still plenty of opportunities. Why did she do it so obviously? That is, the second wife loves face, and she might put it on others. Waiting patiently. Although it is natural for a daughter-in-law to serve her mother-in-law, there is no such abuse. After all, the second wife is the daughter of the Wang family, and our uncle is not easy to mess with."

This refers to Prince Teng.

Wang Xifeng didn't want to talk about her family's affairs, so she just asked: "Second Master Lian means that the old lady replaced the steward of Rongxi Hall with her own for the sake of sex? Although Lai Shangde is not as good as his elder brother Lai Shangrong After all, he is Lai Da's son, so his daughter-in-law is naturally the most direct and loyal servant of the old lady." After a pause, Wang Xifeng was quite puzzled, "But for □□? I really don't understand, Why does the old lady do this, if she wants to be the housekeeper, all she has to do is say, who of us would dare to fight her?"

"You, you, Brother Feng, tell me what to say about you? In the past, I looked at you, but you were very smart. Why are you so incomprehensible in this matter?" Jia Lian nodded amusedly. Pointing at Wang Xifeng, she shook her head and said, "The old lady doesn't like the housekeeper right, so don't you think about it, the housekeeper right is in your hands during this time, but the old lady said that she wants to change... so it's changed? You You were kept in the dark at first, but now you know about it, so what can you do?"

The answer is obvious, Wang Xifeng can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and even the original plan to stand up for Daiyu can only be anticlimactic.Otherwise, would she still be able to fight to the death with Jia Mu's confidant?

"But it's not right, how can I see, those people are timid. When I asked about those things, some of them were obviously frightened. If the old lady ordered them to do this, why should they be so afraid of me? ?" Wang Xifeng was still a little confused.

Jia Lian thought about it carefully. He was not thinking about the problem here, but thinking about how to explain it to Wang Xifeng.After a while, Jia Lian said: "There has never been a clear statement about Lan'er until today. Are you an old lady planning to cover up this matter? Impossible, even if it's not for Lan'er, just for With the face of Rongguo Mansion, it is impossible for the old lady to just pretend to be deaf and dumb like this."

"For the sake of face, shouldn't this matter be covered up with a quilt?"

"That's on the surface, but in the dark, the things that need to be investigated must be investigated to the end. Brother Feng, have you forgotten that our ancestors were not the kind of scholars who waited for me to play with words, but a solid military background. " Jia Lian looked at Wang Xifeng with a smile on her face, waiting patiently for her reaction.

Wang Xifeng... It took her a long time to understand the meaning of Jia Lian's words. Maybe it was because the memory of her previous life was so deep that she only remembered the prosperity and extravagant life of Rongguo Mansion at that time, but she forgot about Rongguo Mansion. real origin.

Perhaps, in Jia Mu's view, it doesn't matter if the servants search for some oil and water, or use the name of Rongguo Mansion as a domineering outside, but if the idea is hit on the head of the great-grandson Jia Lan, it is true. touched the reverse scale.Wang Xifeng originally only thought that Jia's mother had vented her anger on Mrs. Wang, but never thought that from the beginning to the end, Jia's mother had no intention of letting go of those who directly or indirectly harmed Jia Lan.

On the surface, he just removed the position of steward, but what happened secretly?

Could it be that the entire Rongxi Hall has been thoroughly cleaned up?

"Got it figured out?" Jia Lian gave Wang Xifeng a strange look, and said with a smile, "Why do I feel that after Lan'er's accident, Brother Feng, you are a little slow? I thought you knew that the old lady planned to deal with it. Those people just stayed in the yard obediently and didn't care about the affairs of Rongxi Hall. In the end, you didn't notice it at all?"

She was deceived by the memory of her previous life!

Wang Xifeng opened his mouth, but he didn't say the reason.Can she say that because Jia's mother in her previous life always looked like an old Bodhisattva, she never interfered with the middle class of the family?Of course, in fact, if Jia Lan hadn't had an accident, Jia's mother would not have intervened at all. She really didn't bother to pay attention to those trivial things.

"Second Master Lian is going to laugh at me, didn't you also expect it before?" Wang Xifeng still insisted.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect it, it's because I never thought about it at all. The affairs of the backyard are in the hands of your women. Why should I care about those? If it's about Miss Qiao, then I will Take care, Ke Lan'er... Even if I feel sorry for him, what can I do about this?"

"Then what should I do?" This matter has already started, Wang Xifeng thought, would it be too late to pretend to be dead now?

"Just pretend it's nothing like that. You didn't say it just now. Those people are timid. It's obvious that the old lady asked them to change jobs secretly and check carefully in secret." Jia Lian was very disapproving. , this is mainly because he is frank and open, and has never had any guilt. If he really mixed even the slightest bit in the matter of Jia Lan, he would not be so calm now, so he only told Wang Xifeng, "Your friend these days. Aren't they all huddled in the yard? Go ahead."

Cat Winter?

Wang Xifeng nodded silently, and decided to listen to Jia Lian's suggestion. Even if she wanted to be a housekeeper, she could definitely let those people come to the courtyard to look for her, but go to Rongxi Hall.At the moment, Wang Xifeng listed Rongxi Hall as a forbidden place, at least a few years ago, she didn't intend to go there.As for Daiyu's matter, Zijuan could only sort out some things afterwards and send them over quietly.

What happened in Rongxi Hall was like a stone thrown into a lotus pond. Although there was a little turmoil at that moment, it quickly returned to calm, as if there had never been any turmoil.

Mother Jia also seemed to be completely ignorant of this matter, and it was very natural to settle down every morning and evening, but her attitude towards Mrs. Wang became worse and worse.Its concrete manifestation is... to give Jia Zheng a concubine.

Just after Wang Xifeng planned to pretend to be dead, in just half a month, Jia's mother gave Jia Zheng two concubines.Of course, this is just a theory, in fact, they are more respectable housemaids. Due to Jiamu's face, Rongguo Mansion called these two aunts.Because of this, there is now Jia Zheng's wife, Mrs. Wang, and five aunts in Jia Zheng's house.Except for Aunt Zhou who was like a shadow, the other four seemed not to be trifled with, not to mention how lively Rongxi Hall was.

Naturally, Mrs. Wang's complexion became more and more ugly, and she finally fell ill on the day of Laba.

As a niece, Wang Xifeng must go to see her sick.But she really didn't want to visit it at all, not because she was afraid of getting sick, but because she thought that Rongxitang was an unlucky place, and now Wang Xifeng simply regarded Rongxitang as a den of dragons and tigers.Unexpectedly, she had to go.

With this in mind, Wang Xifeng sighed and asked Feng'er to fetch some tonics, and ordered Zijuan to change her attire.It's natural not to dress too festively for a sick visit, but now it's the twelfth lunar month, and you can't dress too depressingly.Most of Wang Xifeng's clothes are gold and red, especially the winter clothes, which are brightly colored and have complicated patterns.As for hairpin and ring jewelry, let alone those that are either gold inlaid with jade, or red gold, and some are inlaid with large pearls.

"Zicuckoo, you must find a dress that is not too flashy, and some jewelry that is not eye-catching."

Zijuan was almost forced to death by these words, and it took him a long time to remember that he had just received an annual gift from the Lin family in Yangzhou a few days ago. For Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng.The things inside are all of the best quality, and there are also hairpin and ring jewelry, which looks very majestic and not clichéd at all.

Rushing to find it out, Zicuckoo breathed a sigh of relief.It was conceivable that I had to find a simple winter coat. It was a very cold day, and beads of sweat were dripping from my forehead.

This room was looking for it, when there was a sound of broken porcelain in the cold inner room.Zijuan in the outside room was taken aback, even Feng'er who had just entered the door to answer was also very frightened, the two of them looked at each other and hurried to the inner room.

In the inner room, Wang Xifeng caressed her heart with one hand and supported her forehead with the other. Most of her whole body was leaning on the kang table, and there was a small pile of broken porcelain at her feet.Seeing Zijuan and Feng'er rushing in with pale complexions, Wang Xifeng said weakly: "Don't bother, send someone to tell me that I'm sick and can't get up."