Jia Zheng's hand that slapped the table suddenly stopped in mid-air.
Lai Daxin said:
Come on, it's better now. When the wife opens her mouth, the master's anger will be released immediately, and I can quickly go about my important things.
Sure enough, Jia Zheng bowed his head and responded:
"That's all, just say I'll be there right away."
Turn to Lai Avenue:
"Go ahead and go. Since Lian Er can't take care of the affairs in this mansion, you should worry more about it. It's serious to build the provincial residence as soon as possible. The empress's affairs are the most important thing."
Lai Dakong responded respectfully and withdrew in a polite manner. Seeing that Yu Chui'er was still waiting at the door with his head lowered, he knew that Mrs. Wang had sent someone to "get" Jia Zheng. If he didn't "bring" Jia Zheng,
This girl doesn’t dare to go back.
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Although Lai Da, who was talking about worldly matters, was gone, Jia Zheng felt even more annoyed because he had to go to Mrs. Wang's place. He stood up reluctantly, and Aunt Zhao quickly followed to help him get dressed.
Jia Zheng sighed and said:
"How long can I spend my troubles, my heart is broken, my soul is gone, and the spring is gone."
Aunt Zhao couldn't understand his harsh words, so she complained to Jia Zheng in a low voice:
"What do you mean by 'still going' or not 'still going'? I'm just fine here, but I have to invite you over there. What do you mean?
The master has to come back early. I asked the small kitchen to cook some good dishes. When the master comes back and Huan'er has finished school, we can eat together."
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Yu Chuan'er led the way to the door of the three small main rooms on the east corridor, and opened the curtain to let Jia Zheng in.
When Jia Zheng entered the door, he saw Mrs. Wang sitting at the lower end of the big kang on the west side of the window, leaning on the half-worn green satin backrest and pillows on the mattress. When she saw him coming in, she only leaned forward and did not get down from the kang to greet her. p>
Jia Zheng said nothing and sat down on the green satin backrest mattress in the east. When Yu Chua'er brought tea, he took the tea and ate it silently without saying a word.
After Mrs. Wang sent Baochai away just now, she kept her head down and pondered. At this time, she saw Jia Zheng coming in without saying a word, and then thought that he came out of Aunt Zhao's room, and she felt very uncomfortable.
The couple sat there for a while, then Mrs. Wang said:
"Today, the old lady got angry and her face turned pale with anger. People of her age can't stand being angry, which can cause serious harm to the body."
Jia Zheng was a filial son. When he heard that Jia's mother was angry, he quickly asked:
"It's so good, why would the old lady get angry? Who is so unfilial?"
Mrs. Wang sneered:
"Which one else? Of course it's your good nephew Lian Er."
"Lian Er? I only heard that he goes to the old lady every day and only wants to make her happy. Why does he make her angry?"
Jia Zheng thought of Lai Da's words just now and said them unknowingly.
Mrs. Wang’s hand holding the beads pointed towards the north:
"To make the old lady happy? How can Lian Er be so filial? He just wanted to take back the second wife's property!
It turns out that he and Sister Feng were running the house for us. He was fishing outside, and Sister Feng was fishing inside. The couple covered the sky and the sun, and kept pulling money from the government officials into their own hands.
Now that I call San Yatou and Bao Yatou the housekeepers, Sister Feng can no longer be fished out, and Lian is unwilling to do so, so he comes here to pick on them.
If he had said it to her face, I wouldn't be angry with him. It would be better for him to go directly to the old lady and make a fuss. It was just because of the trivial matter of the old ladies playing cards at night. The master also knows that the old lady has always been the most cautious and timid. How can I not be angry after hearing this?
He also made trouble for the old lady, and came up with ideas to destroy the slaves, confiscate their property, and drive them out, which caused everyone to panic. Many slaves in the house said they would commit suicide if they could not survive.<
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I am a Buddhist, and I am scared to death when I hear these words."
Jia Zheng was shocked when he heard this:
"Ah? Is this okay? It is probably because I have been lazy in housework in recent years, and the natural deacons have taken control of their power, which has led to this disaster of violent waste and suicide. This tragedy must never happen in my family!
This Lian Er, I saw him act steadily in the first few years, but now he is becoming more and more different."
Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and said:
"Man perishes for money, and birds perish for food.
Before, he just gave a false title of fifth rank, pointed here to eat, pointed here to drink. But now it is different, he has become a third-rank official with real power, and his official position is greater than that of the master. Naturally, he has big intentions and big plans.
Ye Da, I’m always thinking about taking back my property.
The eldest master is confused, and being nudged by Lian Er from behind, he has also come up with this idea. Can’t he still see it?
This Lian Er is the eldest son of the eldest son and is over twenty years old. Poor Baoyu is so young, how can he be his opponent?"
Feeling sad, I immediately thought of Jia Zhu and cried:
"If Pearl were still alive, she would be almost thirty now. With him supporting the family, I wouldn't be so worried about the future of my children."
As soon as Jia Zheng heard Jia Zhu's name, his tears couldn't stop falling.
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Mrs. Wang cried "son" and "rou" for a while, then wiped her tears and said:
"We can no longer let Lian Er interfere with matters in this house. With his evil heart, he may not know what he will do in order to seize the family property.
Today I am deliberately making the old lady angry, and tomorrow I don’t know, I am deliberately making the old lady anxious and angry. The old lady is old, how can she withstand this? If there is a good or bad thing, can you and I still be adults?"
Jia Zheng was a man with a soft ear and a lively heart. After hearing this, he suddenly felt that it was very reasonable. In addition, thinking of Lai Da's words just now, he only believed one or two points, and now he believed eighty-nine points.
. He immediately stood up and said:
"I'm going to tell the old lady right now that since Lian Er is now a third-rank official with real power and busy with official duties, he doesn't need to worry about the family affairs in the Rong Mansion anymore.
From now on, all matters in this house will be left to Lai Da. He has been with me for decades and is the most reliable."
Mrs. Wang nodded and said:
"How shameful Lian Er, he failed to live up to the master's painstaking efforts in cultivating him."
Jia Zheng shook his head and sighed:
"He was fine in the early years and managed the external accounts fairly well. I didn't expect him to be able to manage all the external shops and properties, as long as the accounts were not in a mess.
I think it was because I was too kind and caused him to have unreasonable thoughts. It is really difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, and I don’t know the face of a person but not the heart.”
Mrs. Wang suddenly remembered that Aunt Xue said that Xue Pan had nothing to do recently, and that she was pestering Aunt Xue for money and making noises about opening more shops, so she said:
"I've also heard that the government has been a bit tight on money recently. It can be seen that it's all because Waitou Lian Er didn't manage the Waitou Shop property well.
My sister's son Xue Pan is a man who understands economics and is good at business management. It is better to ask him to manage the shop outside together with Lai Da, so that Lai Da can have the energy to take care of the affairs of the house and make the old lady feel comfortable."<
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Jia Zheng was originally annoyed that Jia Lian made the old lady angry and treated his servants harshly, so he made up his mind to drive both Jia Lian and his wife out of Rongguo Mansion and back to Jia She. When he heard the mention of Xue Pan, Jia Zheng suddenly became alert. Jia Zheng had also heard a little about Xue Pan's character, especially his killing of people in Jinling, which really offended Jia Zheng.
At this time, Mrs. Wang said that she wanted Xue Pan to intervene in the affairs outside the Jia family. When she recalled that Xue Baochai had already intervened in the affairs inside the Jia family, Jia Zheng couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
Since Mrs. Wang married into the Jia Mansion, she has already brought Wang Chunfeng and Wang Xifeng into the house. Now she wants to bring Xue Baochai and Xue Pan into the Jia Mansion?