Red Mansions: No Tears

After this fainting, Mother Jia didn't wake up until evening. Unfortunately, when she saw the two pairs of sons and daughters-in-law and several juniors surrounded by the bed, she didn't feel any comfort in her heart. Instead, she looked gloomy. Looking at the woman hiding behind the second son...

"Ms. Wang, tell me the truth, did you intercept the things Brother Lian brought back from the Lin family? How much did you hide?! Tell me!" Mother Jia asked sharply.

"No, no! Old lady, how dare I intercept what Mrs. Lin Gu told me to give to the old lady in private? You must not misunderstand me! County Lord Huaining must have listened to the nonsense of the Lin family boy, so he casually framed it Madam Wang was nervous, but she still denied that she secretly stole the property of the Lin family that Jia Lian brought back from Suzhou that year.

If the poor Mrs. Wang hadn't been too greedy for money, she wouldn't have been tricked by others. Back then, when Jia Min got married, the dowry was handled by the former lady Zhang and Jia Mu together. I didn't interfere at the end, so I didn't know what items were inside. I only knew how the dowry that Jia Min brought to Lin's family made her jealous. Later, she took over the housework of Rongguo Duke's mansion, and she knew that Jia Min sent it every year. How rich the annual gift is, it shows how rich the Lin family is, and the jealousy in her heart accumulates day by day. When Jia Min died, she was so happy to set off firecrackers to celebrate, thinking that no matter how rich the Lin family is, Jia Min will not have that fate What's the use of enjoying it? !

If Jia's mother hadn't revealed in her words that she wanted to marry Baoyu, the only daughter behind Jia Min, Mrs. Wang might have felt that the grievances between the sister-in-law and her sister-in-law were over. The old one came, and the young one came, Mrs. Wang felt that she had not directly poisoned Lin Daiyu to death, she was already a bodhisattva, and when she saw Jia Lian accompanying Lin Daiyu back to Suzhou to serve the sick, she turned around and took a lot of Lin Daiyu with her. The good thing came back, and I heard that at least half of the property of the Lin family was taken up there, how could she not be tempted?It's a rare opportunity to get such a good thing!She was naturally not polite, even if she didn't need it, she could still find a chance to send it to the palace to make some connections with the empress, right?

Who knew that the things Jia Lian brought back would be Jia Min's dowry?It's just that what does it mean that the Lin family aunt sent Jia Min's dowry back to Rongguo Duke's mansion without making a sound? !Could it be that he, a dying person, dares to look down on Rong Guogong's mansion?Look down on the empress in the palace? !

Naturally, it is impossible for Jia's mother to believe Mrs. Wang's words. How can Jia's mother, who has been fighting with her for more than 20 years, not understand what kind of temperament her daughter-in-law is?Jia's mother stopped asking Mrs. Wang immediately, but turned her head to look at Jia Lian, and asked, "Brother Lian, tell me! How much did your wife take from the things you brought back from Yangzhou back then?"

"This... this...." Jia Lian looked east and west with a guilty conscience, but he didn't dare to look at everyone. Who told him that he was the person who knew the inside story best?

In fact, there were at least [-] or [-] large wooden boxes that Jia Lian brought back from Yangzhou, but just after they moved into the gate of Rongguo Gongfu, his wife intercepted ten of them first. The wife is the head of the Rongguo Gongfu. How dare he refuse?He didn't even dare to complain to the old lady, because he was afraid that the wife would settle accounts with him afterwards. When he handed over the rest of the things to the old lady, he was worried about what he would do if the old lady asked him how much he brought back. Only by explaining can we get over that hurdle, who knew that the old lady ordered people to put away the leftovers without asking a single question, and now she came to open up the old score again, what should he say? !

After all, Jia Lian thought that he was the most innocent one. Back then, he took Lin Daiyu to Yangzhou for several months and brought back so many good things. What happened?If it weren't for the tens of thousands of taels of silver given by Mrs. Lin, and the few shops the Jiang family managed for him, his trip to Yangzhou would have gained nothing at all.

"I told you to tell me, just tell me straight up! What did you say at the beginning? Why did the Lin family entrust the things that Mrs. Lin entrusted to our family to return to Min'er's dowry?" Mother Jia saw Jia Lian shrinking her neck, with a serious look on her face. With a look of unspeakable suffering, the anger in his heart became even worse, so he yelled loudly.

"Why did the old lady forget? At the beginning, the grandson mentioned those things to the old lady, including Aunt Min's dowry, but you said at that time that it might be because...because...so you just asked someone to put it in the warehouse. How many things did my grandson bring back, not just those?" Jia Lian bit the bullet, and with a stern heart, he simply confessed that Mrs. Wang had intercepted many things on the way.

"Okay! You brat! If you have such a good thing, you won't tell the master first. On the contrary, it will benefit your second uncle's family. Whose son are you?! You are a guy who eats inside and out!" Jia She said Listen, this is incredible!It turned out that my son brought back a lot of good things from Yangzhou, but he didn't see anything and didn't say anything, and a large part of it went into the second room's pocket long ago? !

"Isn't it!? It's rare to have a good thing, shouldn't those who see it have a share? Brother Lian, it's wrong for you to do this." Mrs. Xing also reprimanded Jia Lian with great distress.

"That's the only thing my sister can leave to Miss Lin. How can you..." Jia Zheng pointed at his wife and asked seriously like an old pedant.

"I didn't take so many things, Brother Lian, don't talk nonsense, who knows if you hid the things yourself, but blamed me?!" How could Mrs. Wang admit in public that she secretly greedy so much? many things?Especially in the situation where Dafang was watching.

"Have you had enough?!" Mother Jia couldn't help feeling ashamed and angry when she saw that the two couples, Jia She and Jia Zheng, didn't think there was anything wrong with taking things from the Lin family or their niece. How did she give birth to these two things that didn't know how to grow? !

"Old lady, brother Lian also said just now that the rest of the things are stored with you now, shouldn't you also give some to my son? You can't always be so partial, right?" Jia Shecai No matter how angry his old mother is at the moment, he only knows that his younger brother has it, and he should too, otherwise, how fair is it?What's more, he is the owner of this house, shouldn't the things given by his brother-in-law belong to him?

"No! Don't talk about my place, even the things that the second daughter-in-law took back at the beginning have to be brought out! Yuanyang, go find the dowry list that Aunt Min left in our house after she got married, and see if it's real or not. Those things brought back by brother Lian, if so, quickly ask someone to send them to the Lin family to Yu'er, they belong to Yu'er, no one is allowed to be greedy!" Jia Mu thought about that morning, Huaining county magistrate In front of everyone, what she said so brightly, Mrs. Jiang's family also looked like she was not worried about the failure of the marriage at all. What else could she think?What is the current situation of the empress in the palace is still unknown, if it is true as the Huaining County Lord said, the empress has been ill for an unknown number of days, and the people in the palace did not come to inform them, I am afraid it is really bad .

The only reliance of the Jia family seems to be precarious. If they lose the in-laws of the Lin family who seem to be gaining momentum again, then the future of the Jia family may really be ruined!

Jia's mother was thinking about how to coax the two younger children of the Lin family. In her mind, no matter how smart the two children were, they couldn't do everything well. Things can't be left and right, no matter how bad the Jia family is, there are still a few old friends!If the Lin family boy wanted to gain a firm foothold in the court, how could he rely solely on the Palace of Zhongsu?Not to mention that the County Lord Huaining is only the concubine daughter of Lord Zhongsu, and he has a concubine daughter himself. Isn't the concubine daughter a bit more noble than the concubine daughter?

In a word, Mother Jia felt that the most important thing right now was to stabilize the Lin family. As long as the things Jia Lian brought back were returned to the Lin family, the divorce would no longer exist.

It's a pity that some things really can't be so beautiful....

"Old lady! How can I take out so many things? Aren't you killing me?! And many things have been, long ago..." Mrs. Wang shouted in horror.

"You still dare to refute?! You just do what the old lady tells you." Jia Zheng yelled at his wife angrily.

"But master..." Mrs. Wang is really embarrassed~~ Not to mention that she is reluctant to part with the money she has already got, and many things have long been sent to the palace for her daughter to use as she planned at the beginning. Where can I return something?Could it be that she is asked to use her own private room to pay it back?How can this be? !

"Tomorrow, I will have someone pass a sign into the palace to ask for instructions, and I will go to see the empress in person. If the empress is well, nothing will happen. If the empress is really...Master Lin, you must comfort him well. He can get Prince Zhongsu's blue eyes made the emperor personally marry him and the county magistrate of Huaining, obviously that kid is not as useless as we thought." Mother Jia's cold gaze made Mrs. Wang shut her mouth immediately, she saw the second daughter-in-law Let's settle down for the time being, and then tell the next plan.

"The old lady is going to the palace to see the empress? Has something happened to the empress?" What Jia Zheng cares most about is the eldest daughter who can maintain his last bit of decency. Seeing that something happened to his eldest daughter, he asked anxiously.

"Master doesn't know, this morning the county lord of Huaining came to pay his respects to the old lady. Not only did he make a fuss here, but he also cursed the empress repeatedly. The old lady fainted because of her anger." I remembered that she hadn't explained to her husband why her mother-in-law fainted.

"Old lady, is this true!? Madam, she...!?" Jia Zheng was inexplicably panicked when he heard this. He looked at Jia's mother and reconfirmed eagerly.

"I'm not sure yet. It's a very important matter. We always have to see it with our own eyes to count. Now the second daughter-in-law is not eligible to enter the palace, so I can only go there in person." Jia Mu shook her head, and her momentum suddenly changed. A little sluggish.

"If... just in case... what should we do?!" Jia Zheng naturally didn't want his eldest daughter to have trouble, otherwise he would have no hope of returning to officialdom.

"Let's talk about it when the time comes. You all go back, I'm tired." Mother Jia didn't want to say anything more, waved her hand, and let all the juniors go away, even Jia Baoyu, who was the most beloved in the past, didn't stay.

Jia Baoyu looked at Jia's mother with teary eyes, his sister Lin was about to die, why didn't the old lady say a word?Why don't people go to save sister Lin?Isn't sister Lin his?

It's a pity that Mother Jia didn't receive the earnest gaze from her precious grandson at all. She closed her eyes when she saw that everyone had gone out one by one, but no one could know what was going on in her heart. ?