Chapter 26 The twenty-sixth day of being Jia Mu's mother

"I hope the old lady doesn't think Qingyuan is meddling." In fact, when the old lady invited him to sit next to her, the prince of Anguo regretted it very much. He should have returned home at the beginning, instead of intervening in other people's family affairs based on the principle of doing things to the end.

If everyone's attention was not on Jia Baoyu afterwards, the prince of Anguo would definitely be uneasy and embarrassed.

The old lady smiled, "How could you be meddling, Baoyu? If his father hadn't punished him today, he would have to be punished one day. During this period, he has to recuperate. When his injury is healed, I will let him come to thank you. But in the future, he may not be able to go to the clan school. Alas."

This clan school must not refer to the private school of the Jia family.

Anguo arranged Baoyu in his own family school, but he didn't really introduce his background. After all, how can you go out to study when you have your own private school? It can be said that Baoyu is a child. After a long time, this made the private school of the Jia family feel

unhappy. Because of today's incident, Baoyu can't run out anymore.

The prince of Anguo nodded in understanding. Just as he was about to say something, a series of footsteps came from outside, "Grandma, Grandma, I heard that Brother Bao was beaten."

It was Xichun who rushed in. Yingchun, who was following behind her, wanted to pull her but failed.

Suddenly seeing a foreign man, Xichun and Yingchun stopped abruptly. The prince of Anguo hurriedly got up and said goodbye. When he left, he saw three other figures. He thought to himself that these must be the girls from Rongguo Mansion mentioned by his sister.

The girls avoided sideways, and when the people left, Xichun walked forward with her tongue sticking out.

The old lady tapped Xichun's forehead, "Your brother Bao has returned to the yard, where are you from?" Not only did the three sisters Daiyu come, but Baochai also came.

"I just made a new rouge paste at Sister Lin's place." Xichun said, "Then I heard the rumors from the people downstairs that Brother Bao was beaten and Mr. Qin was disfigured."

She looked horrified, and the other maids seemed to be very worried.

"Baoyu was beaten by his father." And that board only looked painful, but Qin Zhong, the old lady remembered and told Yuanyang, "Don't forget to send someone to the East Palace to check it out. Xiao Qin has only been in school for a few days, and such a thing has happened."

Yuanyang agreed, and Xichun was surprised, "Grandmother, something happened in the clan school"

"It's not a big deal. Since you are worried, go and see him." The old lady said, waving to Daiyu, "Here is the letter your father asked your second uncle to bring back."

Daiyu's face was obviously happy. She put the letter in her arms and went to see Baoyu with several sisters.

When they arrived at Rongxi Hall, they found out that Baoyu had been moved to her own courtyard by Mrs. Wang. At this time, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan were both there. Mrs. Wang was holding a wet handkerchief and angrily scolding several servants around Baoyu. At this time, only Mingyan escaped. It was not known whether it was lucky or unfortunate.

Several people walked around the main hall and went to the back to see Baoyu.

Baoyu's injuries were not serious, but he was a little depressed. The arrival of Daiyu and Baochai made him feel much better. In particular, he looked at Sister Lin with a burning gaze, "I really have to thank you this time."

Lin Daiyu was confused and pointed at herself with her fingertips, "... I"

Jia Baoyu woke up and said hurriedly, "If it weren't for my sister's advice to me to study hard in the past, I wouldn't have been so easy to get through the master's board this time." He lay on the couch and wanted to talk about the "Sister Lin" in his dreams during this period, but he opened his mouth several times and didn't say it.

Thinking of the huge difference between Sister Lin in the dream and Sister Lin in reality, as well as those heart-breaking dreams, the palms of his hands were hit and the lessons he received, Baoyu finally stopped thinking about it.

Daiyu suddenly realized that she had indeed given one or two words of advice, and smiled, "It's good that it can help Brother Bao. But..."

"Brother Bao, you can't be partial. Just thank Sister Lin. Sister Bao often advises you to study hard." Xichun came closer and hit Baoyu on the buttocks with a book, causing Baoyu to grimace in pain, "You...you..."

Everyone laughed, and Baochai pulled Xichun over, "It's just one or two words, it's nothing."

Baoyu hurriedly thanked Baochai again. Because of this interruption, Baoyu felt much better for feeling that he had suffered an unprovoked disaster.

In the front yard, although Jia Zheng and his wife were not in the same place, they were doing the same thing.

Jia Zheng was sitting upright in the study with a gloomy face. Kneeling in front of him were the family members of Li Shier. Li Shier was arrested on the spot in Jiangnan. He was the leader of Jia Zheng's servants. If it were not for this time, Jia Zheng would not have known this

man who called himself "Tenth Master" outside. "It's incredible. Your father is so powerful!" Jia Zheng sneered and smashed a boiling teacup on the head of Li Shier's son. Immediately, a scream rang out. The officials and guests nearby trembled as they rarely saw him lose his temper.

"He thinks I'm still thinking of our old relationship, but he's just deceiving me and ruining my reputation, and he's using the tiger's skin to make money for himself!" Jia Zheng was furious, and the more he scolded, the angrier he got. Li Shi'er's family cried for mercy, but he kicked them in the heart. "He's just a lowly slave, a lowly slave! Come on, take out all his family assets, give him thirty lashes, and sell him to the pawnbroker. I want to see if this bunch of bastards can be cured, and let those who have evil thoughts open their eyes and watch, relying on the master to give them some respect, and think they are human beings."

Immediately, the one who had just taken the position beside Jia Zheng waved his hand and had Li Shi'er's family gagged and dragged to the yard.

The sound of flesh being hit and the whimpering of Li Shi'er's family made everyone silent. After a while, the servants who were ordered to smash and confiscate Li Shi'er's house came back with several boxes.

When Jia Zheng opened it, he saw a small box of gold and silver notes, and several boxes of antiques and treasures, all of which were familiar to him. They were clearly stolen from his storehouse and brought to his own home.

Jia Zheng was so angry that his eyes turned red. When he heard that "the gold head and silver face of the old Li family's wife, the gold and silver jewelry were all hidden in the cellar, and the rockery and flowing water in the garden of the family were very decent", he was even more furious, "From adults to children, no one should be spared!"

There was a big army here, and Mrs. Wang was not much different.

She was angry that there was no one useful around Baoyu, and Mingyan was even more capable of instigating things. So she took advantage of this incident to punish the people around Baoyu, and even the maids in Baoyu's room were not spared.

She already had a sense of urgency. Although the old ancestor still loved Baoyu, it was very different from the early years. In addition, the old ancestor intervened in the sacrifice of the field the year before, and Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan took advantage of the opportunity to enter, which made Mrs. Wang's inner anxiety stronger day by day.

However, what made her feel relieved was that the old ancestor's expectations for Baoyu were the same as hers.

However, in the past, although she hoped that Baoyu would pass the imperial examination one day, she would not force him too much. After all, she still vaguely felt that who would be the master of Rongguo Mansion in the future was still undecided.

But now...

Mrs. Wang looked at it coldly. Although the old ancestor was still lukewarm about the eldest house, the eldest house was obviously much warmer to the old ancestor. Even, she looked at Wang Xifeng, who was sitting next to her, and her niece had some thoughts.

Those sacrificial fields and estates are now in the hands of the couple, and the corresponding old ancestor seems to be a little concerned about Jia Lian, which makes Mrs. Wang tremble with fear and makes her expectations for Baoyu much stronger.

Otherwise, if this family belongs to the eldest wife in the future, what will happen to Baoyu?

Thinking of Baoyu behind the house, and Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai who came to visit him, Mrs. Wang's eyes flashed, and she said to Wang Xifeng, "Let's keep these maids here for dinner, so that they can chat with Baoyu and relieve his boredom."

"Okay." Wang Xifeng thought for a moment and nodded, "I'll go tell the old ancestor, hey, I heard that Baoyu is not to blame this time. Madam, don't be too sad."

After leaving Rongxi Hall, Wang Xifeng led Ping'er all the way to Rongqing Hall. On the way, she frowned at a crabapple tree.

"What's wrong with grandma?"

Ping'er was puzzled. "There may be some movement from the first lady in the next two days. You should keep an eye on her." Wang Xifeng said.

"Why isn't the first lady taking care of Cong'er now? She hasn't done anything for a long time." Ping'er was puzzled.

Wang Xifeng walked forward as usual, but her steps were much slower and her voice was lowered. "You know that the old ancestor gave the master two farms to look after. Now it has been three years, and the results are only increasing. The master and I thought that we could get an extra 10% or 20% this year, so that the old ancestor would make up his mind to change the rules of the other farms in the family. Since we want to change it, who can compare with the master in terms of experience?"

Ping'er immediately understood that the master and the master wanted the management rights of the farms in the family, even if it was just one, it was at least 4,000 acres.

Seeing Ping'er understood, Wang Xifeng continued, "But unfortunately, the eldest wife saw the clues during the autumn rent. Although the master used the rent of the sacrificial land to evade the question, I don't think the eldest wife believed it."

"This..." Ping'er also had a headache. Their eldest wife had to stir up trouble when there was nothing to do. It was already surprising that she could take care of Jia Cong with peace of mind during this period. Now if they knew that grandma and the master had two farms, they would fight.

"Besides, Baoyu was beaten today, which is another excuse." Wang Xifeng sighed, "I'm afraid that the eldest lady knows that Zhuangzi belongs to the old ancestor, and she will use Baoyu to make trouble, which will anger the lady, and finally the gain will not make up for the loss."

She clearly felt that Mrs. Wang was upset today.

"But how can we stop the eldest lady from doing what she wants." Ping'er said worriedly.

That's not the case, Wang Xifeng said, "I don't know how the master told the eldest lady to let the eldest lady take care of Cong'er for so long."

Ping'er's eyes lit up, and then shook her head, "Master She has his own ideas. In the past, we could still figure out what the eldest master is thinking, but now we can't understand it at all." For example, he used to be kind to Jia Lian every day, but now he has left Jia Lian behind, and I don't know what he is doing.

The master and servant discussed all the way, but they couldn't come up with a solution. As soon as he stepped into Rongqing Hall, he heard bad news, "Grandma Xiaorong is sick"