After all, the Sun family's behavior was more generous than that of the Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. Sun did not anger Yingchun because of this incident. She sent someone to send a letter to Yingchun immediately, stating that Daiyu vomited blood and fell into a coma again.The mother-in-law who delivered the letter has been following Mrs. Sun and Daiyu today, so don't explain the cause and effect in too much detail.Yingchun was anxious, but it was getting late and she was pregnant again, so she had to wait until the next day to visit Daiyu.

At this time Daiyu also woke up, but her face was as white as paper, her eyes were lifeless. Yingchun saw that her eyes were not alive and her breath was weak. Thinking about what Jiamu said, Daiyu really has a way to go. ?How can I hold back my tears: "How did my sister end up in such a state?"

Daiyu was heartbroken, but she didn't have any tears, she just smiled sadly at Yingchun, "This is my fate."

"Nonsense." Yingchun heard that she meant nothing to survive, and couldn't help feeling sad and sad: "Is your life only about you? Uncle Lin and Auntie only have you, and they just want you to be good to each other." , so I solemnly entrusted you to the old lady. It's just that Uncle Lin's entrustment is not human, so what does it have to do with you?"

Hearing her mention of her deceased father again, Daiyu's eyes became brighter: "I only hope that the old lady can take out the money that was handed over to the treasury, and I don't expect anything else. I just want to honor the old lady. I just want to thank her for her upbringing over the years."

Yingchun disapproved and said: "You think the same thing. But you never thought, is this what Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin think? Now the Lin family is only you, you don't want to make the Lin family better, but you only think of yourself The relationship with the old lady is full of this little filial piety. But I don’t know that in the future, if I meet Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin and let them down, it will be a big unfilial piety.”

After hearing this, Daiyu made sense again, and she didn't know how to act or how to answer.

Yingchun was afraid that she would have bad thoughts in her heart, so she persuaded her: "You didn't know about this matter, but now that you know about it, you want to clear Uncle Lin's name, which is your filial piety. Besides, Mrs. Sun is also For you, I argued with the old lady several times. Even seeing Mrs. Sun's wholeheartedness for you, I should cheer up and repay it later."

That's right, Aunt Sun and I didn't know each other before, but because Uncle Sun was the same age as his father, he was willing to stand up for him.If something happened to me in Sun's house, I'm afraid that Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun will be blamed by that mansion.Not for himself, but for the reputation of Uncle Sun's family, it's better not to have an accident here.

Thinking of this, Daiyu felt a rush of heat in her heart: "I'll listen to my second sister."

Only then did Yingchun feel a little more relieved, and went to Sun's residence every day to explain Daiyu without mentioning it.

But after returning home that day, Sun and Li listened to Mrs. Sun's narration of what Jia Mu said, and they couldn't believe that there was such a thing in the world that ruined their granddaughter's reputation. Regardless of the fact that the evidence searched in the south hadn't arrived in Beijing yet, they were all reported on the next day, participating in the Rongguo Mansion's forcible seizure of the orphan girl's money.

Now that he has been in charge of the government for several years, he thinks that the honorable family is acting extravagantly and doing many illegal things, but he always regards himself as an old minister of the emperor, which hinders him in his actions.After getting these two memorials, it is like a treasure, and I asked Dali Temple to quickly check it in court, so that Lin Ruhai can be treated fairly.

How dare Dali Temple neglect?It is unavoidable to go to Rongguo Mansion to invite Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to drink tea and talk about it.Hearing that the two of them didn't know the bottom line, they even arrested Jia Lian and wanted to tell the bottom line of the Lin family's property that day.

Not to mention that everyone in the Rongguo Mansion knew how powerful it was, even the sage went to the Daming Palace with that booklet, to let the Supreme Emperor see clearly what nasty things he had done in the house of his trusted veteran.The Supreme Emperor consciously slapped him in the face, and only said that he would deal with it according to the law, and he would not intervene.

Now he is overjoyed to hear that, for many years he wanted to do something to Xungui, but someone quietly pleaded with the Supreme Emperor, this was the first time he had the idea to deal with it by himself, at that time he felt that even if Lin Ruhai died, he was still his nobleman.I personally wrote the word "Wenqing" as Lin Ruhai's posthumous title.

Knowing that Mr. Sun had taken his orphan of the same year into his home, the imperial decree was passed directly to the Sun residence, which made Mr. Sun busy again.Daiyu received the decree and was so excited that she couldn't get any more excited. After the eunuch passed the decree, she kowtowed to Mr. Sun and said, "The restoration of my late father's reputation is all thanks to the efforts of Uncle Sun and Uncle Li. Daiyu's power is weak, but the sun Chanting scriptures every day to pray for the blessings of the two uncles and aunts."

Master Sun hurriedly asked his wife to help Daiyu up, only saying that he knew it too late, otherwise he would not have let Daiyu suffer such grievances, etc.It made Daiyu feel more grateful, and felt that, as the second sister said, even if she wanted to repay her two uncles and aunts, she should take good care of her body so that they would not worry about her anymore.Since then, I have tried my best to cooperate with the imperial doctor to recuperate my body.

Over there, people in the Rongguo Mansion were already panicking.Jia's mother already knew that this matter would never be resolved, so she called the whole family together to discuss how much money to pay to Daiyu, or to the Ministry of Households.

Jia Amnesty only said that he had never seen the money of the Lin family, so he took it all away.Jia Zheng also wanted to say this, but he didn't know anything about Mrs. Wang's actions, and only looked at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to tell the story of building the Grand View Garden with all the money she received.Make Jia Mu and Jia Zheng so angry:

When the Grand View Garden was built that day, Mrs. Wang said that all the money that was not enough was borrowed from the Xue family.Otherwise, Xue Baochai would not be the first to be mentioned in Jia Yuanchun's will, and he would not have given Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai the same festival gift when he gave the Dragon Boat Festival gift that year.

It's just that now is not the time to talk about it, and Mrs. Wang reluctantly took out 5 taels of silver, saying that she has nothing else.Seeing this, Wang Xifeng also secretly hated her—this good aunt of hers always said that she had no money, and she asked herself to find a way to do everything, how come she has money now?What are the ones that they paid for themselves?

Jia's mother asked Jia Lian again, Jia Lian was also full of Huang Lian: it was true that he handled it back then, but he only lost 3 taels in total, and Wang Xifeng searched after the death of Second Sister You.Now he can't take it out at all.

"Then do you know how much money the Lin family's property is recorded in the account held by the housekeeper Lin?" Jia Mu wanted to know exactly what was in her mind.

Jia Lian could only shake his head: "I saw the account books of the Lin family that day, which totaled nearly 300 million taels. However, many properties were disposed of urgently and could not be sold at a high price. There are also some antique calligraphy and paintings in it, which were placed in the garden. It was not converted into cash. On the same day, 50 taels were handed over to the old lady, and the remaining second wife received 100 million taels, and more than 70 taels went into the public account."

Jia Mu's face suddenly turned pale. She knew that the money that had gone into the public account had already been subsidized into the Grand View Garden.That is to say, apart from the 50 taels in her hand and the 5 taels provided by Mrs. Wang, the family no longer has the property of the Lin family.

But these are not even enough to be handed over to the treasury.

Mother Jia thought for a while, and asked Wang Xifeng and Ye to go to the Sun Mansion to meet Daiyu in the next day, thinking of impressing Daiyu with the love of grandparents and grandchildren, and not asking Rongguo Mansion for money.Mrs. Sun didn't want Daiyu to see Jiamu again, but Daiyu insisted on seeing her herself—Mother Jia had raised her for several years, if she didn't see her, it would be wrong for others to say that she was ungrateful. The reputation of the Sun family has been hampered.

However, Daiyu did not agree to Jia Mu's request. Her answer was: "This matter was ordered by the sage to investigate, and the money does not belong to me. It should be handed over to the treasury. I am just a worthless person." How can a helpless orphan girl live in autumn winds everywhere, how can she change the meaning of the sage?"

Jia's mother returned home in defeat, and could only wait anxiously for the decision of Dali Temple.

Unexpectedly, news came out from the palace one day that Concubine Xiande was seriously ill, and four prospective relatives came in to visit.Jia's mother felt that this was an opportunity for Concubine Xiande to speak in front of the saint, and Baorong Guofu passed this difficulty.So he brought Mrs. Xing and Wang and Wang Xifeng into the palace to visit together.

Unexpectedly, after entering the palace, he found that Fengzao Palace, where people came and went in the past, is now deserted, even the palace has fewer eunuchs and maids.Concubine Xiande waited for them to see the ceremony, before she had time to say something warm and cold, she had already asked: "There are rumors in the palace that our family took Uncle Lin's property, but is it true?"

Jia's mother had no choice but to talk about the lack of cooperation in building the garden that day, so she had to temporarily embezzle one or two words.

Yuan Chun sighed repeatedly: "The old lady should return the money quickly. I heard that the saint was very angry, so I had to feel the cold myself, and asked the old lady to enter the palace to discuss. This matter must not be delayed."

Unexpectedly, before she could ask for help, she would receive such news. Mother Jia just felt that the sky was falling.Mrs. Wang begged a few words, but Yuan Chun smiled wryly and said: "Madam only thinks that I am still a virtuous concubine, but I don't know that after this matter spread in the palace, the sage only said that I am not worthy of the word virtuous and has already taken my concubine." The title, and the reduction of the treatment as a concubine, let me only think about it in my own palace, even the empress will not let me invite it. If I am not really sick this time, I am afraid that both the old lady and the wife will enter Not in the palace."

The general situation is gone, this is the only answer Jiamu can think of.Dali Temple lived up to her expectations, and when Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were invited to go, it was not as simple as simply drinking tea, but only after the Rongguo Mansion delivered the money that the Lin family should hand over, they could go home for dinner.

After patchwork, the Rongguo Mansion still took out 93 taels of silver and handed it over to the treasury.Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Household Affairs found out that the Rongguo Mansion owed the Ministry of Householding 80 taels, and the debt was for many years.Now that it has been discovered, shouldn't it be paid back?

This is about to die.The 93 taels of silver had already emptied the private houses of Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang, and if the 80 taels were returned, the whole family of Rongguo Mansion would have to drink the northwest wind.

Mother Jia had no choice but to borrow money from relatives, friends and old friends to pay back the treasury.Yingchun got the news, and sent the 1000 taels of silver she got from selling the first batch of handmade soap back to Rongguo Mansion overnight: "Our wife heard that something happened in the mansion, and she was very anxious. This is all her pressure." A box of silver, plus the monthly bills saved by the young master in the past few months, please the old lady to deal with emergencies."

What can the people of Rongguo Mansion say?They knew very well why Yingchun got married that day and what the dowry looked like when they got married.It's not like they didn't understand what Yingchun was like after passing through the door.At that time, I never thought of standing out for Yingchun, but now that Yingchun can give 1000 taels of silver, everyone can say that she values ​​love and righteousness, and does her best to her natal family.

Jia Amnesty also felt that Yingchun was perfunctory, so he went to the door in person and found Sun Shaozu directly.But can Yingchun know Jia She's virtue?He made it clear to Sun Shaozu early on: "Whether you want to borrow money or not, but in the future, you can't use this time's money to talk to yourself again!"

Sun Shaozu is now convinced of Yingchun, and he wanted to see that Yingchun would find him a way to make up for the official, and for the sake of the children in his belly, he would borrow a few.After hearing Yingchun's words, I realized that she was not close to her natal family in her heart.So I didn't feel any pressure on Jia She: "Father-in-law also knows that my son-in-law has been looking for a replacement, and he is also doing business everywhere. Who knew that the money given out was like a waste of water, and I didn't hear a single sound." .”

As soon as this remark came out, Jia Amnesty, who also took Sun Shaozu's money but wasted money, felt his old face burnt when he wanted to take out the old Taishan money. He only drank two cups of tea from Sun's family, and then he came and went back in a desperate manner.When Sun Shaozu said this to Yingchun, he also asked: "Such a big incident happened in Rongguo Mansion, can we not help at all?"

Yingchun gave this person a strange look, but she remembered that in the original book, the Rongguo Mansion hadn't confiscated the house, but Jia Zhengwai let it go, he wouldn't let the original owner walk around with the house, why is he so kind this time?

Sun Shaozu made her look uncomfortable, and said in a loud voice: "In the past few days, I have sent you to Mr. Sun's house to see your cousin, and I have chatted with Mr. Sun a few times. I found out that these civil servants cherish their reputations the most. Those reputations Bad people don't even want to talk too much. If we don't reach out, will Mr. Sun think we are too heartless?"

This one actually turned red when he was close to Zhu Zhe.Yingchun wondered, but didn't show it on the face, just said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for the mansion. How much money is sent over now, it's just filling the hole of the household department. It's better to buy some acres for them earlier. Or the little Zhuangzi, if something really happened and the master came forward to arrange them, no one should praise the master for his righteousness."

Sun Shaozu didn't know why Yingchun didn't like her mother's family so much, but thought that Rongguo Mansion had hurt her heart, and said: "We also have some land mus and Zhuangzi in Jingxiao, so it's not difficult."

However, Yingchun didn't want to get involved with those people again: "If something happened to them, how could they survive in Beijing? The master still sent someone to Jinling to arrange for them. Even if they don't need it, it's still a place. Income."

Seeing that Sun Shaozu nodded in response, Yingchun asked again: "Just now the master said that there are several Zhuangzi in Jingxiao? How many acres are there in each?"

Listening to her inquiry, Sun Shaozu deeply regretted that he should not speak too fast.But now he can enter Sun Shilang's residence smoothly and chat with Sun Shilang from time to time, all thanks to Yingchun's visit to Daiyu.He had no choice but to grit his teeth and said, "I'll have someone send the title deed to my wife later."

Only then did Yingchun nod her head: "I'll see that Zhuangtou one day. Don't be like the manager of that shop who doesn't even know his master."

Sun Shaozu thought about the fate of the two who refused to hand over the profits to the shopkeeper Yingchun, and nodded helplessly: "I will tell them, don't worry."

Yingchun smiled: "What do I worry about? It's just that I have money to spend more, and I don't have money to spend less, or to save the master, I don't have to eat."

Who cares if you eat or not, but that will starve the master's son.Besides, your small kitchen costs 200 taels of silver a month, why is there no food to eat?Siqi said on the side:

"My wife managed to save a few taels of silver in the past few months. When she heard that there was an accident in the mansion, she took it away. It was also to stop those people's mouths and prevent them from pestering the master again. Who knew that the master would not appreciate it. I Let’s just say that my wife has made such a fuss for nothing. Why don’t you just let things go and take good care of yourself at home, why bother to come to Mrs. Sun’s face for the master’s sake.”

Good wife!Sun Shaozu was moved, and because he was suspicious of Yingchun just now and wanted to take the Zhuangzi in his hands, he felt guilty: "Thanks to my wife for thinking about me everywhere. How much money will my wife send back? I will ask the accountant to send it to my wife later. It's not good." The wife has lost her body."

Siqi sighed: "Master, don't ask your wife. Even if the 2000 taels of silver don't fall into the eyes of the master, but the wife always remembers that the master spent 5000 taels of silver in the mansion that day. Now the money is gone again." , the wife has to live frugally again. The poor wife is still alive."

Sun Shaozu felt even more guilty: "Didn't you say that no one is allowed to mention the 5000 taels of silver? Why are you talking about it yourself? Forget it, I will send the 5000 taels to the Taida later. , if I can't control my mouth next time, my wife can just take the 5000 taels of silver and return it to me, and nothing will happen."

Okay, very good, Yingchun is about to applaud Siqi.This girl didn't know where she learned it from, and she made a sideways attack on Sun Shaozu to make it a shunliu.In just a few words, my private house will earn another 7000 taels of silver.

Now I have all the shops of the Sun family in my hands, and I also have the keys to the inner treasury. With the cooperation of their master and servant these days, they have almost collected 2 taels of silver in their hands.And the first batch of handmade soap sold well, and the shop was still owned by Sun's family, so she didn't need to buy another one.

If it weren't for Daiyu's affair, Yingchun felt that such a day would not be bad.

However, the matter of Daiyu is far from being settled by the Rongguo Mansion returning the money from the treasury. Haven't things been shaken out one by one?

First, there was a censor who participated in the Rongguo Mansion's violation of the system, but only attacked the first-class general, and hung the plaque of the Duke's Mansion.On the contrary, some officials who had a good relationship with the Rongguo Mansion stepped up and argued that Jia Mu was still alive, she was a super-class Duke and wife, and hanging the plaque could not be regarded as a violation of the system.

Unexpectedly, the censor missed this festival, and mentioned that Jia Zheng, a fifth-rank member of the family, actually lived in the main hall of Rongguo Mansion, and his wife was also in front of the entire Rongguo Mansion.But the real patriarch lived in the East Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, and even opened the door to go in and out alone.

Now even the people who are on good terms with the Rongguo Mansion have nothing to say—even if they are on good terms with the Rongguo Mansion, how can they not know that what Yu Shi said is the truth?It turned out that the people didn't raise officials and didn't investigate, but now that this matter has come to the court, the sage will check what he knows, and he will not dare to cover it up for the Rongguo Mansion, otherwise others will be hopeless, and he will still fall into the trap.

For a while, there was another report from the Ministry of Household Affairs, saying that the Rongguo Mansion owed money to the treasury for many years, and it has not yet paid it back.Even the household department has already started to ask for it, but it can only delay it.The sage was very happy when he heard this: "This Rongguo mansion has nothing to offer in its own family? How come it owes the Lin family's wealth first, and then owes the treasury's account?"

At this time Master Li came out and said: "The Lin family's money that entered the Rongguo Mansion was only returned to the treasury. It should have been obtained by Master Lin's orphan, and it has not been handed over to his daughter."

Being so greedy, even the person who just defended the Rongguo Mansion felt that he couldn't get down, so he lowered his head and pretended that the person who just defended was not himself.Seeing that the court has become a wall and everyone is pushing him down, the saint directly ordered Prince Zhongshun as the leader to go to the Rongguo Mansion to count the family property, to see if there was enough money in the mansion to pay back the treasury and the Lin family.

Prince Zhongshun already had a feud with the Rongguo Mansion, and after receiving this order, he led people to surround the Rongguo Mansion in a brazen manner, and regardless of the order, he just asked him to count the family property, and directly led the people to search around like a wolf. .

Mother Jia has been an old feudal monarch for decades, where has she seen such a battle?In a moment of rage, people fainted.It's just that today is different from the past, the people around her can't even go out of the house except crying around her, but where can we invite the imperial physicians to treat her?

Just as she was crying, officers and soldiers had already arrived in the courtyard of Rongqingtang to search Jia Mu's private house.Mrs. Wang knew that Jia's mother's private house was for her son, how could she be willing to let these people copy it?Just say that those are the dowry of the old lady and should not be included in the inspection.

The people below did not dare to be self-reliant, so they had to report the matter to Prince Zhongshun.Prince Zhongshun was concerned about Jiamu's old age, if she really went away because of this matter, it might hurt her reputation.After pondering for a moment, he said: "It's the dowry of his old lady, so there should be a dowry list. You just look at the dowry list and keep the old lady's dowry."

The errand man heard this, and came back to pass on the prince's password, and found an empty room, so that all the female relatives could avoid it.Others are especially good, but Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng complained secretly: their hands and feet were not very clean when they were housekeepers, let alone Jiamu, who has been in the house for decades?In addition, the old lady has already searched like this here, so I'm afraid it will be even worse in her own room.

Sure enough, Prince Zhongshun was even more rude to Mrs. Wang, who was a fifth-rank imperial order, and Wang Xifeng, who didn't even have an imperial order.If they still have some on their dowry list, they will keep it. If they don’t have it, they just say that they have spent it for themselves over the years, and they are not willing to change it with other things.

When the person on the errand below found Jia Amnesty's name card from Mrs. Wang's house and the letters he had communicated with officials from all over the country, Zhongshun laughed maliciously: "Why does the second wife not use my husband's name card? Correspondence with people in the name of uncle? Who said that there are no brothers and sisters in Rongguo Mansion?" After speaking, he smiled wretchedly.

Everyone who heard it cheered and laughed again and again, making Jia Zheng, who was detained aside and waiting to be dealt with, his face turned purple eggplant for a moment.Jia Amnesty didn't think there was anything wrong, anyway, the post was never in his hands.

The laughter stopped, and someone brought a box of things over: "My lord, I found this in the courtyard where Jia Lian lived, and I dare not be self-confident, so I ask my lord to make a decision."

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