"As for the Qin family brother, I originally thought he looked good, and he and Baoyu are of the same age, so I let him study and play with Baoyu.
It seems like I don't know people well.
After all, he is a person from a small family, he has not received a good education, and it is understandable that he has poor self-control, but I didn't expect him to be so unself-disciplined and do such a ridiculous and rebellious thing, which almost hurt Baoyu."
In order to completely dispel the doubts of everyone in the room, Jia Mu did not hesitate to take the blame on herself.
Aunt Xue understood what Jia Mu meant and helped her: "Old lady, you don't have to say that. There are all kinds of people in the world. Some are good, but some are bad.
I think Baoyu is a rare good boy, and he was trained by the old lady from an early age. He is knowledgeable in books, etiquette, and sensible. All the children in the world are not as good as Baoyu."
"Hahaha, my concubine said that, it's too much to praise him. How can he deserve such praise from you..."
Jia Lian was too lazy to listen to Jia Mu's whitewash meeting here, so he took a break while they were talking and left.
"Lian'er, just wait."
When Jia Lian turned around, it was Mrs. Wang who chased him out and stopped him in the corridor.
"What are your orders, madam?"
"Come here, I have a few words to say to you."
Mrs. Wang said, and walked from the corridor to her lower room next to her.
Jia Lian was not suspicious and walked into the corridor again.
Mrs. Wang is quite tall, a bit taller than Aunt Xue, but even at this age, she walks smoothly and squarely, and has a perfect sense of the aristocratic temperament.
From the faint curves that still exist, we can imagine that she was a rare beauty when she was young.
Her butt is also big, no wonder she is so fertile.
In this day and age, it is not easy to successfully give birth to three healthy children.
She didn't know if people really had a third eye. Although she didn't look back, Mrs. Wang still realized that Jia Lian might be spying on her.
This made her walking posture somewhat deformed. Fortunately, her lower body was not far away. After a few steps, she turned into the house and she felt much more at ease.
He asked Jia Lian to sit down and asked the maid to pour tea.
It was rare for Mrs. Wang to be so polite to him, but Jia Lian just smiled and said, "If you have any instructions, Madam, just tell me. If my nephew can do it, I will do my best."
Mrs. Wang took a closer look at Jia Lian, feeling secretly melancholy in her heart. Could it be that Lian'er's stupidity in the past was really just an act to deceive them all. Until she realized that the elder's days were numbered, she didn't
Hidden again and successfully seize the title in one go?
If so, his city is too deep.
"Thank you for clarifying your precious brother's matter."
Mrs. Wang said somewhat sincerely.
She cared more about Jia Baoyu's reputation than Jia's mother, so she questioned her carefully about what happened that night early in the morning.
Although the mothers-in-law's opinions were similar to those of Jia Lian and his wife, under her real questioning, she could still guess that Baoyu was probably instigated by that little bad guy from the Qin family, and they did ridiculous things together!
But what she didn't expect was that after listening to what the mothers-in-law said, Jia Lian not only did not add insult to injury that night, but actually defended Jia Baoyu...
At first she was suspicious of whether Jia Lian had any bad ideas. It was not until Jia Lian still acted like that in front of Jia Mu that Mrs. Wang felt that maybe she had been too worried all along.
After all, if Jia Lian really wanted to harm them, there were so many people there just now. As long as Jia Lian poured dirty water on Jia Baoyu, her son's reputation would be ruined!
So for this reason, she also felt that she should say thank you to Jia Lian.
"Ma'am, you are serious. We are all one family, so there is no need to thank him. As an elder brother, if I don't help him, am I going to harm him?"
When Jia Lian said this, he was also a little suspicious in his heart.
Compared with Jia Mu's condescension and Jia Zheng's ignorance and pedantry, in fact, he and Mrs. Wang have always been the two who understand the most competitive relationship between them.
And last time, we almost had a falling out because of the festival.
So Mrs. Wang took the initiative to talk to him alone, which made him a little surprised, and he couldn't help but feel a little more wary.
Mrs. Wang nodded and smiled at Jia Lian. Then she stopped worrying about the matter and asked, "By the way, I heard that you and Feng Yatou locked up Jingxu in Shuiyue Temple?"
Jia Lian thought that this was the main topic of Mrs. Wang, and was about to respond with the "confession" that he had prepared with Wang Xifeng. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang had already continued: "I have heard the specific matter from Feng Yatou. Alas,
I didn't expect that she would do such a sinful thing behind her back. I had no idea that this was my sin.
What you did is right, this kind of harm cannot be allowed to continue."
Jia Lian opened his mouth, thinking that this shouldn't be Mrs. Wang's line.
"As for the ill-gotten money she left behind..."
Mrs. Wang glanced at Jia Lian, and when Jia Lian was about to speak again, she interrupted again: "Girl Feng also said that you should take half of it and leave it for Shuiyue Temple for operation, and the rest should be transported back to the city and bought.
He hired people with grain and built porridge sheds to feed the poor.
This is also good. In this way, the sins committed by Jingxu can be eliminated to the greatest extent, and I can feel at ease in my heart."
Jia Lian smacked his mouth and couldn't help but say: "I thought my wife wanted me to transport the things to the house and settle the account!"
Mrs. Wang was silent for a moment, and then said: "First of all, all her money is ill-gotten wealth, and it naturally has to be dissipated as it came in.
On the other hand, if it is shipped to the mansion and returned to the account, not to mention that it is difficult to establish a name, I am afraid that the servants will still suspect that the mansion is disposing of Jingxu to steal people's money, which is not beautiful."
What else could Jia Lian say? Wasn't this what he was going to use to deal with Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang actually said it? How should he respond?
Just shut up and say nothing.
"So, even if you two keep the money temporarily, you can give as much as you can to the poor. It can be considered a kindness.
By the way, Jingxu is also someone who often walks around in front of the old lady. Now the old lady doesn't know about this, I will talk to the old lady later, that's it, you don't have to worry."
Mrs. Wang said slowly.
Jia Lian just looked at her. Is this a response to his defense of Jia Baoyu? Not only did he not mind at all that they took away Jingxu and replaced Shuiyue Temple as the host, he even threw such a huge amount of money directly to them.
For the time being, he couldn't guess what Mrs. Wang was thinking, so Jia Lian didn't bother to guess. He just said, "In that case, thank you madam."
The wealth that Jingxu collected was worth at least ten thousand taels. It was undoubtedly a piece of fat meat, and Jia Lian had no reason not to eat it if it was put into his mouth.
Maybe Mrs. Wang didn't know that there would be a marriage plan in the future. Otherwise, she might not be so noble. She would just want to hold all the money in her hands...
There really was nothing to talk to Mrs. Wang alone. After finishing the main topic, Jia Lian said goodbye after a few words.
"Well, you go ahead."
Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Lian who was striding away, her smile faded, but she just stopped smiling, not as gloomy as before.
Jia Lian's guess was correct. The reason why Mrs. Wang was so generous all of a sudden was that she wanted to reciprocate the favor.
Jia Lian's attitude towards Jia Baoyu today made Mrs. Wang somewhat relieved and sober-minded. With the current situation, it would not be good for her to be at loggerheads with Jia Lian.
One is for the harmony of the family, and the other is that the daughter has just been crowned a concubine and her status is unstable. She still needs Wang Ziteng, Jia Zheng and others to help outside. Jia Lian can barely count for a share.
Therefore, allowing Jia Lian and his wife to successfully swallow Jingxu's private property was her initiative to show her good intentions.
In fact, Wang Xifeng also contributed to this. During the counting that night, Wang Xifeng deliberately did not let the Jia family's mothers-in-law know the exact amount.
When Mrs. Wang asked her last night, she deliberately underreported the number. Mrs. Wang was born in a noble family and had been the head of the Jia family for twenty years. Her horizons were quite high. Ordinary wealth really couldn't touch her.
heart of.
What's more, she still felt disgusted with such dirty money, so she decided to give it to Jia Lian and his wife generously.
Mrs. Wang was thinking about it in her mind, and Jia Lian could feel how much pains she had put into it. Suddenly she saw the intact teacup on the table, and Mrs. Wang felt very speechless:
Could it be that he was afraid that I would poison him?
Mrs. Wang's mood suddenly changed. Do you think she is an ignorant fool like Yang? How could she do such a low-level thing with her status?
So he stood up with a flick of his sleeves, asked the girls to pack their things, and went to Jia Mu's side again.
In fact, Mrs. Wang misunderstood Jia Lian again.
Not drinking tea or drinking alcohol casually was just a habit developed by Jia Lian, not because he was afraid of poisoning her.
Jia Lian knew very well that Mrs. Wang was not stupid. As the biological mother of the imperial concubine, she had a distinguished status. It was difficult for her to have anything worthy of risking her life.
Such people are actually safe.
Unless one day he loses his footing and falls and is surrounded by enemies, Mrs. Wang will be able to snatch something back for her Baoyu.
Now Mrs. Wang can probably only do some tacit consent to Wang Xifeng's loan, which may allow them to destroy the Great Wall and play like a house...