Since Shuangshu came out of the palace, because her brother is away from home and her parents are not in Beijing, Daiyu doesn't go out either. She mostly reads, writes and does needlework at home. Occasionally, Miaoyu, Yinglian, Baoqin and Xichun will come over to talk to her.
Baochai was too embarrassed to come to the house, so he sent letters from time to time, asking Baoqin to bring them to communicate with Daiyu. The purpose of course was to know about Lin Zhao's situation.
The days passed very peacefully, but just a few days later, Daiyu's previous worries occurred.
Baoqin came over with Xichun's letter and said that Mrs. Wang had raided the Grand View Garden.
Daiyu sighed after reading the letter. Sooner or later, after Baoyu had made so many troubles, Mrs. Wang had to find excuses to search the Grand View Garden even if she had no excuses. What's more, this time she had a legitimate excuse? Mrs. Xing found it.
Poor quality sachet.
Baoqin sat at the bottom and said sadly: "I was there that day."
"Ah?" Daiyu looked over quickly.
Bao Qin said: "I went into the house that day to see the second sister-in-law and the fourth sister. We had talked and had already held the lamp, so we couldn't go back right away, so we stayed at the second sister-in-law's place for one night. Who knew we were here?
In the middle of the night, I heard a commotion in the garden. The second sister-in-law asked someone to go out and inquire about it, only to find out that it was the eldest sister-in-law who was leading a search. I inquired again the next day and found out that everyone had searched it. Sister Yun
Went there too.”
Bao Qin took a sip of tea and said carefully: "I was worried about the fourth sister, so Tianguang went to her place, only to find out that a large bag of property was found in the painting. The fourth sister insisted on not wanting her and sent someone to Ning Mansion.
He reported that he wanted her to go out. Later, Xiaoluo asked the servant, saying that the trouble was so serious that night that the third sister took action and beat an unruly mother-in-law. Sister Yun packed up her bed and saluted, and asked her to go out.
He sent a letter to Mr. Shi all night, asking to go home. My sister-in-law tried to calm her down, but at dawn, she could no longer hide it. Sister Yun was so angry that she went to complain with red eyes. The worst thing is that
Here, the second wife personally led people to watch the search. Qingwen, Fangguan, Ouguan, Douguan, Chunyan, and Si'er were all arrested and had to be kicked out. Fangguan and others were okay, and their things were still there.
Qingwen was taken out, but Qingwen was pitiful. She was thrown out after wearing only a pair of underwear. When the second wife gave the order, Brother Bao didn't dare to care. He could only watch the mother-in-law take them all out.
.It's just that Qingwen is still sick. If no one takes care of her, she may die."
Daiyu felt sad when she heard this, and asked quickly: "What happened next?"
Baoqin almost lost his balance holding the tea, and said with red eyes: "The ancestors got into a big fire and beat up all the women who participated in the search, took away their money and rice, and kicked them out of the house.
I gave many gifts to appease Third Sister, Sister Yun and Fourth Sister, but..."
Bao Qin hesitated and said: "That's what our ancestors did. The third and fourth sisters were okay and didn't care about anything. Sister Yun was very dissatisfied. The ancestor used gems to talk about what kind of head and face jewelry to wear.
I took the painting and took it back to Grandma You in the mansion over there. Qingwen, Fangguan and others all went out. I heard that Qingwen was seriously ill and could not get up after returning home. Her brother and sister-in-law were all gone.
They were fools, and even though Baoyu later entrusted things with him, they all took them away. Fangguan, Ouguan, Douguan and others were handed over to their godmothers to be married. I heard that it was also during those days.
I booked it in a hurry.”
Daiyu sat in a daze for a long time and said: "How can you find a good family in such a hurry? And if you go out like this, if someone messes with you, you won't even have a place to cry." Then she asked: "What about Qingwen?
What happened next? Her brother and sister-in-law acted like this, which shows that they didn’t treat her sincerely, but was there anyone to help take care of her? "
Bao Qin said: "Second Master Bao went to ask Sister-in-law Feng. Second Sister-in-law asked Butler Lin to deliver Baoyu's message, and sent someone to pick up Qingwen. All her things were also brought back and delivered to her.
Went to Zhuangzi in the countryside."
When Daiyu heard about it, she knew that Sister Feng must have sent Qingwen to Grandma Liu. With them taking care of her, Qingwen's life would be safe. But the others... Daiyu sighed and could only beg them.
There was a good marriage. Because he thought about entering the painting, he asked: "Sister Qin, have you asked the fourth sister why she refuses to enter the painting?"
Bao Qin said: "I asked, but the fourth sister refused to tell." He thought for a moment and said, "But I saw that the fourth sister looked very bad when she looked at the bag of belongings that entered the painting. I clearly told her that,
It was given to her by her brother. Later I heard from Xiao Luo and Grandma You also said that it was indeed Uncle Zhen who gave it to brother Ru Hua. Since the thing came from aboveboard, why did it...? "
After hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help but ask again: "What did Uncle Zhen give to the brother who entered the painting?" Seeing Baoqin nodding, Fang whispered: "So, it is common sense for the fourth sister not to want to enter the painting."
"Ah?" Baoqin didn't know why.
But Daiyu refused to say any more: No matter what serious work a boy does, he can't get so many rewards. There must be some inexplicable reason. She has seen the painting before, but she doesn't look like Qingwen.
She is as beautiful as Xiren and Yuanyang. If her sister is like this, how can her brother be so different? Brother Zhen’s virtues are something that no one can touch. The fourth sister must think that Brother Zhenhua and Brother Zhen are having an affair.
Love is the reason why I got these things. That’s why I don’t want to let him enter the painting.
Seeing that Daiyu was silent, Baoqin vaguely guessed that the matter might be related to Jia Zhen. Thinking of the rumors about Ningguo Mansion that he had vaguely heard about, Baoqin's heart turned, and he roughly guessed the beginning and end of the matter.
I couldn't help but secretly despise it, and made up my mind to go back and tell my brother that he was not allowed to go to Ningguo Mansion again. That place was really clean except for the two lions at the door, and the rest was extremely dirty.
After Baoqin left, Daiyu talked about the matter with Aunt Rong. Even if Jia Mu was furious, she could only calm down the matter and reward some women, and beat the women who were searching. The person involved, Mrs. Wang,
Not only was she not punished at all, but all the maids who were in trouble were kicked out. Daiyu sighed: "Second aunt is so powerful that our ancestors are helpless."
Aunt Rong said: "It is not unreasonable for a daughter-in-law to become a mother-in-law after many years. After all, the old lady is old, and there is a virtuous concubine in the palace, so the servants will naturally follow suit."
Daiyu said: "But it's really ugly for my second aunt to do this."
Aunt Rong sighed: "Princess, the second wife doesn't think so. She thinks it's good to get rid of all those little goblins at once, so that no one will come to take away her precious jade. It's a pity that she trusted the wrong person. Really?"
She kept all the charming girls, but drove out all those innocent girls who had false reputations."
Daiyu said: "Everyone pushes the wall down, and those who are kicked out have their own faults. I have met Qingwen several times in the past. She is too strong-tempered, quarreling, and bullying others. She did a lot of things last time.
I then saw her poking the little girl's face with a hairpin that was ten feet long, which was too much. Those actors in Fangguan were not easy to worry about. The few things that the fourth sister wrote to me,
They are all arrogant and unruly. However, I haven't heard anything about the other maids on weekdays, so I guess they are a little bit involved."
Aunt Rong shook her head and said: "The attacker is also very scheming. If the attacker takes it to complain, there must be something for it. Maybe there is no real name, but there must be some false reputation in words. With the second wife's temperament
, it’s not unfair that they were kicked out. It’s just a pity that the biggest culprit was missed.”
Daiyu thought for a moment and said, "Although Xiren is not well-behaved, he is really attentive when it comes to taking care of his second cousin."
Aunt Rong sneered and said: "That's not true. People think that this is a man who takes care of her. How can she not be careful? Moreover, she also took care of him and was able to control Mr. Bao in the first few years. Now she is older.
, Mr. Bao is a little better now that he is used to seeing new colors."
Daiyu thought of Baoyu's weak and irresponsible temperament, and unconsciously understood Mrs. Wang's thoughts. She didn't want to continue this topic anymore. She just sighed and said: "Although Rongguo Mansion is a mess, there is nothing to clean up the servants."
That's right, no wonder my brother is so strict about it."