Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

Qing Yun was sent home that night, and several women drove the pale Qing Yun into her house with dark faces. The brother and sister-in-law who were catching up with Qing Yun that day were also at home, and the whole family was having fun around the dinner table. Hehe, eating wine and shabu-shabu.Seeing the housekeeper falling from the sky, Qingyun's mother quickly stood up: "Sisters, please sit down, and have a drink first when the weather is cold." The housekeeper looked sternly and did not look at Qingyun's mother: "Your girl is inside She made a mistake and was kicked out. Second Mistress was kind, so she kindly asked her to come out with her things. I will also reward you with 20 taels of silver." Said the housekeeper, she dropped a bag containing silver and left.

Qingyun's mother was terrified when she heard the old woman's words, she quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "It's all because I didn't raise a good daughter, and I asked my sister to help me and the second grandma to beg, she made a mistake and just don't worry about it." Beating and scolding, even if you are a rough girl, don't throw her out."

Qing Yun had already become Jia Zheng's housekeeper, and she was kicked out suddenly, that is to say, she was not a good family anymore. A concubine who made a mistake and was kicked out also ruined the family's reputation.

"Are you still dreaming? Ask your good daughter what good deeds she has done. She is a slave who thinks she is superior to others by climbing into the master's bed, and she even arranges it with grandma. The words she said are beheaded. Ten of them were chopped off, that is, Second Mistress has a bodhisattva heart, and someone else would have dragged her to the mass grave to feed the dogs by now." Saying this, the housekeeper turned around and left without hesitation.Qingyun's mother could only cry and help her daughter into the house to rest, but as soon as Qingyun lay down, her sister-in-law started crying outside.

You are heartless, you still have the face to come back!If we hadn't begged the grandma in charge to put you next to his wife as a girl, you wouldn't be where you are today.It's all right now, don't waste your time getting into trouble with your bright future ahead of you.Pity that we have been looking at people for a lifetime, and this is the result of serving as a small fu low.You heartless bastard, I don't know how you annoyed the master to be kicked out and implicate us!Qingyun's sister-in-law was crying outside, and Qingyun's mother couldn't stand it and said, "You are her sister-in-law, and I have never seen anyone's sister-in-law treat my sister-in-law like this! I haven't killed you yet, You seem to have driven my daughter out. She used to be an errand in the house, and she did a lot of good for you. Not all of her month's silver is paid to you!"

Unexpectedly, Qingyun's sister-in-law stared, pointed at her mother-in-law and yelled and cursed: "You mother and daughter bullied me together. She served the second master well, so why was she kicked out for talking empty teeth? The second grandma is very discerning. Your daughter must have done something shameless before she came out. Now that she is fighting me with a girl's airs, even if I die, I won't be angry with you whores!"

Qingyun's mother pointed at her daughter-in-law angrily, her face flushed red, and she couldn't say a word.In the eyes of Qingyun's family and neighbors, Qingyun's deportation was a shameful thing.Although she was angry that her daughter-in-law couldn't tolerate her sister-in-law, Qingyun's mother had no reason to argue.Qingyun's mother stood awkwardly for a while before Qingyun's elder brother came out and dragged his daughter-in-law away. Looking at the backs of her son and daughter-in-law, she sighed silently before turning around and going back.Inside the room, Qing Yun lay quietly on the bed, her face was frighteningly pale, and her eyes were fixed on the beam above her head.

"My son, how did you offend someone? The second master has taken good care of you and our family on weekdays, and your friendship is not weak. Why did you turn your face in a blink of an eye. I will go in tomorrow to ask the emperor, see Who is hurting you behind your back." Qing Yun didn't respond to her mother's nagging at all, just lying down like a clay sculpture.Seeing her daughter's appearance, Qingyun's mother felt distressed and angry at the same time. She couldn't help but sat on the edge of her bed and kept saying, "It's okay now, we've all become jokes. Your brother and sister-in-law have no conscience." , but they are not selfish at all. You are kicked out now, and it will be difficult for others in the future... The family's expenses are getting bigger and bigger. Your nephew is about to reach the age of marriage, so he begged the master to let him go. Prepare to marry a girl from a good family."

"Miss Qingyun is at home, someone has come to see her." Speaking of which, a woman opened the curtain, and standing behind her was a smiling Lang Huan.Lang Huan was holding a bundle in her hand, and said to Qing Yun's mother, "Mother, let me come and see Qing Yun." "This is the girl Lang Huan from the second master's room." Qing Yunniang was in a daze.

"It's Miss Langhuan, sit down quickly! The place in the house is too narrow and not clean to make the girl laugh, I'll go pour tea." Qingyun's mother looked at Langhuan's silk and satin dress, and her golden hair, so she quickly gave up her seat and was busy I went to serve tea myself.Lang Huan took the teacup Qing Yunniang handed over with a smile: "Thank you, Qing Yun and I have some private things to say." Hearing Lang Huan's words, Qing Yun's mother went out immediately.Only Qingyun and Langhuan were left in the room.

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"Why don't you see Lang Huan? She's getting big too, so she just asked the little girls to serve you." Zili was leading the girls to share the gifts from the Wang family. Seeing that Jia Zheng had come in, a few little girls came up to give Jia The government changes clothes and brings water to wash hands.Jia Zheng waved his hand nonchalantly, and threw the towel in his hand to the girl: "They have also learned to serve, why do they have to be served by someone. This is a gift from the father-in-law's family. It is a very rich thing. You are going to give it to me." What do I leave behind?"

"You have shallow eyes, haven't you seen anything? It's a joke to say that, the second master of Jia's family is still thinking about things from his father-in-law's house. Just pick what you like. Good things are worth it. I have already prepared the best ginseng and fur for Mr. Wang. Although they are all vulgar things, he can use them when he is old, and you have to deliver them yourself tomorrow, don’t forget.” Zili and Jia Zheng fought With the lawsuit on his lips, Jia Zheng laughed and said, "You are really careless. You don't even know that such a big living person has gone out. These days, Lang Huan is always absent-minded. You told me to ask her to go out to relax. For Qing She became even more depressed about Yun's matter. A quick-talking person who used to be quick-talking turned out to be a dumb jar without a mouth. I told her to go out. What does grandma want her to do?" Jia Zheng couldn't help stretching out his hand. Knock on Zili's forehead.

Zili sighed and said helplessly: "I was confused by all kinds of messy things, and my mind was completely messed up. Why didn't she answer me when she went out? Waiting for my wife to ask, it should be my fault again. Two I didn’t even know that the girl next to my master had gone out. If others heard it, I wouldn’t know how to organize me.” Zili angrily took Jia Zheng’s hand, and bit Jia hard when the girls didn’t see him. Take a bite.

"Don't worry, my wife won't ask you about Langhuan. I'll discuss something serious with you. I'm going to send Langhuan out. What are you willing to do?" Jia Zheng looked into Zili's eyes seriously, with a serious expression on his face.Zili was a little surprised: "Well, I want Lang Huan to go out anyway. I have already sent out Qing Yun, and I have to go out with Lang Huan. Others say that I am fine, just because I am afraid that others will say that you like the new and dislike the old, and are ruthless. The second master doesn't like Lang Huan. Huan just ask her to take care of the daily life, we have a lot of maids in our family, and the second master can ask her to come in to serve if he likes." Zili was amazed that Jia Zheng was so kind, and he killed Jia Zheng that day because he was eavesdropping without any effort. Qing Yun.She was thinking about what to do with the rest of Langhuan.It's just because Qing Yun just went out, she can't be too conspicuous, but Jia Zheng fell asleep and sent a pillow, and wanted to marry Lang Huan first.

"What are you talking about with a girl who is affectionate and affectionate? Should a girl still be treated like a mother? She should go out when she is old. It is the way of heaven that a man has a house and a woman has a family. I stopped her and became a bully. She I have served by my side for many years, so naturally I can't treat her badly. You don't know that you are busy with the Chinese New Year these days, Lang Huan told me that she wanted to go out, so I agreed." Jia Zheng was bitten by a snake once There was an example of Qing Yun's selfishness earlier, thinking of her resentful tone and angry eyes, Jia Zheng even became distant and indifferent towards Lang Huan.There is no reason or logic for women to be jealous, and there is nothing rational about them being jealous.After returning angrily from the window that day, Jia Zheng didn't understand why he was sincere towards Qing Yun, but Qing Yun didn't have any gratitude but rather resentment.He couldn't help but ask Qing Yun to ask him face to face.Unexpectedly, when Qingyun came to Jia Zheng, she just looked at him like a stranger. No matter what Jia Zheng said, she didn't say a word, but just knelt down in front of Jia Zheng.Jia Zheng had never seen Qing Yun's eyes like that before. In the next few nights, Jia Zheng's sister would be woken up by those indifferent and resentful eyes in the middle of the night.

The gentle and pleasant Qing Yun changed his appearance, and Lang Huan, who used to be so enthusiastic, became more and more indifferent towards him.Jia Zheng felt that a girl was just a girl, and that they only wanted to benefit from themselves was not sincere at all. When Lang Huan asked to go out, Jia Zheng immediately agreed without hesitation.

"There is a saying that gold is easy to get, but a confidant is hard to find. Look at how many servants there are, and how many loyal servants are left in the world. Rather than letting them fight each other here and seek glory against the Lord, it is better to let them go out and seek refuge! You Don't be embarrassed, I will talk to my wife in person." Although Jia Zheng is a bit prudish, he still makes a clear distinction in the big festival. High and low.

Zili nodded: "Since it's Lang Huan who wants to go out by herself, that's fine. I'll go and tell my wife. My wife will definitely not blame me. Just don't worry, my father brought you a few books specially for you. Read it carefully, and write down the annotations on it carefully." Zili picked up a bag of books and handed them to Jia Zheng: "This gentleman is the one who will order next year's Xuezheng, and these are his annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics."

Knowing the academic orientation of the examiner can also make more comprehensive preparations.There are no multiple-choice questions in the imperial examination. An article is guaranteed for life. If you happen to hit the main examiner's gun, a good article will lose its color.With the Four Books and Five Classics annotated by the examiner, Jia Zheng can see the likes and dislikes of the examiner, and his essays can scratch the itch even more: "Thank you for your father-in-law, I will definitely live up to his wishes." The son seemed to be hugging the bag of books, excitedly wishing that his parents would kiss him.Zili's warm eyes fell on Jia Zheng: "Stop smirking, hurry up and go to study." Jia Zheng and Zili swayed for a while before walking out.

After sending Jia Zheng to the study to read the secrets of the exam questions, the smile on Zili's face disappeared.She waved her hand, except Mingqian and Yuhou, the rest of the serving girls went out. "Lang Huan's hoof was responsible for this matter?" Zili thought about it for a few days. Although she didn't know who Qing Yun was, she could conclude that Qing Yun didn't have that brain just based on what Qing Yun said that day. Colluded with Jia Amnesty in the East Court.There is a deeper truth behind the scenes.

"Your Majesty's guess is right. There is really something wrong with Lang Huan's hoof. The woman who the second master said came to the East Court to pass the news to Qing Yun was found. She is deaf and has bad eyesight. I asked her to see I don't know who it is, and I can't hear whose voice it is. That day she was called over and a girl gave her something and left. The wrapping looks like something. The silk wrapping things looks like Lang Huan's handicraft." Mingqian worked quickly, and she had already found out a lot of the truth.

"It's terrible, Qingyun hanged himself!" A woman ran in in a panic.Zili felt the hairs on his body stand on end, the girl outside had already stopped the old woman from letting her in: "Whatever you say, a good person can die! It's a new year, don't taboo!" The old woman panicked The voice came: "I don't believe it either. I came in to report after watching it myself. Qingyun's mother has already fainted from crying. Her brother and sister-in-law are going to make a scene with the wife."

Zili calmed down and said loudly to the outside: "Tell her to come in and talk." When the woman came in, Zili carefully asked what was going on. I told my mother that I was hungry.Seeing that her daughter was not in a daze, Qingyun's mother turned the corner in front of Qingyun. She was busy arranging food for her, and comforted her: "Since you have come out, stay at home for a few days, don't worry about you. The brother and sister-in-law are a pair of idiots. I heard that Lang Huan was kicked out for a few days, and then she went in. Don't worry, I will ask the housekeeper tomorrow to ask you to go in."

Qingyun didn't say anything else, just ate quietly and pointed to the things she had brought to tell her mother what she had, and she took out all the things for her mother to see. "These are newly made clothes in the new year. I wear them myself. The rest should be kept by my mother. In the future, if there are any things, my mother will be careful not to give them all to my brother." Qing Yun pointed to each other to make it clear, Just rested.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, when Qingyun's mother woke up, her daughter was gone. As soon as she went out, she saw Qingyun's girl hanging on the locust tree in the yard.She was wearing the newly made dress.Now Qingyun's elder brother and sister-in-law are going to make trouble in front of his wife, saying how they offended a nice girl in their family.Second Mistress still thought of a way, or give them more money to burn and bury, or ask someone to persuade them, so as to save years and everyone will be upset.The mother-in-law watched Zili's expression, waiting for her to speak.

As a privileged class, Zili now has the spirit of a bully landlord. The first reason why Qingyun's brother and sister-in-law want to make trouble is because the Jia family has always been tolerant to their servants. Qingyun is a big girl, and she can get a lot even if she dies. silver.They can make a lot of money if they make a lot of trouble.The second is that Qingyun's elder brother and sister-in-law are working on Jia She's side, so they must have been pushed to embarrass Jia Zheng and Zili. "If you die, you can die. But since she has served the second master for a while, give her family 20 taels of silver. Does the second master know about this? Don't tell the second master." Taking brother and sister-in-law Yun's commotion into consideration, the mother-in-law who answered said: "Qingyun's brother-in-law and sister-in-law are blocked at the second gate now, and they will sue the officials if they don't want to see their wife."

Zili suddenly sneered when he heard her mother-in-law's words: "You tell them to sue, I want to see how many of them have a conscience after raising so many people. No wonder the second master sighed for days. I have raised a group of white-eyed wolves. You are all old people, do you want me to teach you how to do it?"

That woman and many other people held grudges against her because they couldn't be lazy since Zili was the housekeeper.Just happened to meet Qingyun's matter, some people encouraged Qingyun's brother and sister-in-law to make trouble, so as to embarrass Zili's face.Unexpectedly, when Zili talked about the central matter, the woman withdrew with shame on her face.