"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 that 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 he did not expect to be so undisciplined 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 when 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, then walked from the corridor to her lower place 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 the aura of a noble lady very well.
From the faint curves that still exist, we can imagine that when she was young, she might have been a rare beauty.
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, but 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 try my best."
Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Lian carefully, feeling secretly melancholy in her heart. Could it be that Lian'er's stupidity in the past was really just an act to deceive all of them, until she realized that the elder's days were numbered, so she stopped hiding and successfully won the title in one fell swoop?
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...
Originally, 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 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're serious. We're all one family, so there's no need to thank him. As an elder brother, if I don't help him, am I going to harm him?"
Jia Lian said this, but he was also a little suspicious in his heart.
Compared with Jia Mu's superiority and Jia Zheng's ignorance and pedantry, in fact, he and Mrs. Wang have always understood the competitive relationship between them best.
And they almost had a falling out last time because of the festival.
So Mrs. Wang took the initiative to talk to him alone, which surprised him and made him feel 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 she 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. Such a scourge cannot be allowed to remain. "
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 to build porridge sheds to help 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 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 good. "
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?
Simply shut up and say nothing.
"So, even if you two keep the money temporarily, it can be considered a kindness to give as much as you can to the poor.
By the way, Jingxu is also someone who often walks around in front of the old lady. The old lady doesn't know about this yet. I'll talk to the old lady later and 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 they not mind at all that they took away Jingxu and replaced Shuiyue Temple as the host, but they 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 had 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 when 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 within 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. 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 also needs help from Wang Ziteng, Jia Zheng and others. Jia Lian can barely count as a share.
Therefore, letting Jia Lian and his wife swallow Jingxu's private property smoothly was her initiative to show her good intentions.
In fact, Wang Xifeng also contributed to this. When counting that night, Wang Xifeng deliberately did not let the Jia family's wives know the exact amount.
When Mrs. Wang asked her last night, she deliberately underreported the number. Mrs. Wang was born into a noble family and had been the head of the Jia family for twenty years. Her vision was quite high, and ordinary wealth could not really sway her heart.
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 she had worked so hard. 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. Did she think she was an ignorant fool like Mr. Yang? With her status, how could she do such a despicable thing?
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 grab something for her Baoyu.
Now Mrs. Wang can probably only acquiesce in Wang Xifeng's loan, which may allow them to destroy the Great Wall and play like a house...
