The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 146: Congenital Cuckold Holy Body
After being married for so many years, Jia Lian finally understood what it felt like to be a master.

Since that day, Wang Xifeng has been completely obedient to Jia Lian. Except for the fact that they don't meet each other, she gives him whatever he wants.

He tried to take another concubine, and Wang Xifeng readily agreed. She also took the initiative to find the eldest master, asked for Qiu Tong, the maid with whom he had an affair, and sent her to his room.

Before long, everyone in the mansion knew that Lian's second sister-in-law was frightened by Miss Lin's precognitive dream, and she changed her personality and started to be a good wife and mother.

Seeing Wang Xifeng being so humble, Jia Lian felt proud.

Matters between men and women are always a matter of one rising while the other falls. When Wang Xifeng bowed her head, Jia Lian became more arrogant.

Not only did Jia Lian himself become arrogant, but even the servants around him followed suit and took advantage of his master's power, even walking with the wind.

The Rongguo Mansion was originally filled with a group of flatterers. Those villains who had originally tried to curry favor with Wang Xifeng, now seeing that Wang Xifeng seemed to have lost power, all turned to Lian Er and tried to curry favor with him in various ways.

Lian Er was a man without his own opinion to begin with, so he was no match for this group of people. He was soon bewitched and forgot his own last name. He spent all kinds of reward money like water, only to receive more useless flattery in return.

Anyway, the money is all gone, so just ask someone to ask Wang Xifeng for more. What is there to be afraid of?
Qiu Tong was also a person without self-awareness. Relying on the fact that it was given by the master, she looked down on everyone and did not take others seriously.

At first, she was a little afraid of Wang Xifeng, the mistress of the house, but after trying it out a few times, she found that Wang Xifeng was always very polite to her, calling her sister all the time and being very generous to her, so she became complacent and had inappropriate thoughts.

In Miss Lin’s premonition dream, Ping’er could become the legal wife, so why can’t I?

After she had this idea, she no longer even cared about Wang Xifeng. She only thought about how to curry favor with her master and have a son as soon as possible. She bought all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, rouge and powder, especially the Zhan Mansion set, and bought the whole thing.

Wang Xifeng didn't care about her either. She just watched coldly, gave her whatever she wanted, and indulged her even more to become ungrateful.

But Jia Lian was not Master Zhan who could turn stone into gold. Even if he had more silver, he could not afford to spend it in this way. Naturally, the family's silver was used up in a short period of time.

At this point, Wang Xifeng smiled and closed the account book, waiting for that useless master Jia Lian to send someone over.

Sure enough, not long after, Jia Lian sent Xing'er again to get the silver.

During this period, Xing'er had been getting a lot of money from Jia Lian, and the money had burned his brain. He had long forgotten the cruelty of Lian's second wife. Now that he came over, he was not afraid at all. He just smiled and bowed, saying:
"Grandma, the Second Master has invited friends to have a drink today, and asked me to withdraw 500 taels of silver."

Ever since he had been able to get whatever he wanted from Wang Xifeng, the amount of money Jia Lian withdrew each time became larger and larger. Xing'er thought that such good things would continue forever, but he hit a wall this time.

Wang Xifeng spread her hands with a fake smile, "This is really unfortunate. All the savings at home have been used up. I really can't withdraw any money."

"This is the household account book. Every recent expenditure is clearly written on it. Please take this account book back to show it to the Second Master."

"It's not that I don't want to give you money, I just really don't have any."

"Of course, the family still has some assets. If Second Master really wants to spend money, he will have to sell the assets."

"The list of properties is also attached. Let me choose one. Which one should I sell first?"

After hearing this, Xing'er was dumbfounded. After a little hesitation, he had to take the account back and leave it to the Second Master to decide.

Lian Er was hugging Qiu Tong and playing with her. When he saw Xing'er coming back and told her what happened, he immediately became very unhappy.

"Humph, this woman must be playing some tricks again!"

After Jia Lian said this with a gloomy face, he reached out and picked up the account book and flipped through it casually. He was shocked by the result.

In this account book, all his expenses during this period are recorded one by one. The date, the person who withdrew the money, the amount withdrawn, etc. are all written clearly. In order to facilitate verification, the signature and seal of the person who withdrew the money at that time are also recorded at the back of the account, which is absolutely true.

But after a rough estimate, Jia Lian found that in just a short period of time, he had spent tens of thousands of taels of silver and had emptied out all the savings in the family.

"Hiss...why did it cost so much?"

Jia Lian's forehead was covered with sweat, and he hurriedly read it carefully from the beginning, trying to find evidence that Wang Xifeng was secretly playing tricks. However, after repeated checks and comparisons, he discovered that all the money was indeed withdrawn by himself.

Only a few days had passed, but his memory was so vivid that he could even remember where the money was spent and how it was wasted.

When I was spending, one hundred taels today and two hundred taels tomorrow, I hardly felt anything. But now that I have counted the money, I feel the pain.

"This, this, this..." Looking at the ink-stained numbers, Jia Lian felt as if someone was cutting his flesh repeatedly with a knife.

He was sweating profusely as he flipped through the account book quickly. He felt empty inside and had no idea how to respond. But Qiu Tong was blind and came over again, taking the opportunity to make trouble for his grandmother.

"Master, our family is rich and powerful. It's not easy to spend all the money. Maybe grandma has hidden it all."

"If you ask me, the master is too soft-hearted. For someone like grandma, you have to beat her every now and then. If you beat her a few times, she will definitely behave herself. Look at other masters, which one doesn't beat his wife?"

She felt that the eye drops were just right. The Second Master was short of money right now. Regardless of whether she could get the money or not, as long as Second Madam Lian could get a beating, it would all be worth it.

But who would have thought that as soon as she finished her words, Jia Lian slapped her hard in the face.

"You still have the nerve to say it!"

"Look at the account. You've spent more money than me, the master!"

"Look at all your headgear, it's all made of gold, not even a single piece of silver!"

"Also, this set of Zhanfu suits costs hundreds of taels of silver, and you bought more than thirty sets!"

"Why did you buy so much of that stuff?"

Qiu Tong's head was buzzing after being slapped by Jia Lian. She felt very unwell. Seeing Jia Lian's stern voice, she used her best skill, threw herself on Jia Lian and burst into tears.

"Master, I bought that dress just to make you happy... wuwu..."

"As for the headgear, it was grandma who said that we should give them the best, otherwise it would bring shame to the master... It was all grandma's deliberate act, it must be like this, she deliberately harmed me!"

Jia Lian pushed Qiu Tong away and walked around the room in anger.

"How could I not know she did it on purpose?"

"But if someone digs a hole, do you have to jump into it?"

Qiu Tong fell to the ground, not knowing what went wrong, and continued crying:
"I never said this when I was enjoying myself before, but now that I've pulled up my pants, I'm getting hard..."

Being laughed at by Qiu Tong, Jia Lian immediately became ashamed and angry. He immediately abandoned Qiu Tong, stormed out of the house, and rushed straight to Wang Xifeng's courtyard.

Wang Xifeng had already driven away all the servants around her and was waiting for Jia Lian to come over.

When he kicked the door open, he saw Wang Xifeng sitting alone behind the table, sipping tea leisurely.

"You are such a thief, you are so cruel!"

"You love money so much, but now you are so generous. I should have known there was something wrong!"

"I'm telling you, there's no way you can make me bow my head!"

"At worst, I will continue to live a frugal life, but I will never let you get well!"

"I will write a letter of divorce now and drive you, the wicked woman, out of the house!"

Wang Xifeng suddenly burst into laughter, her face full of smiles, as beautiful as a peach, and said very enthusiastically:

"Okay, then write the divorce letter!"

"By the way, when I married into the Jia family, I brought as my dowry four shops, sixty mu of land, and gold and silver worth more than ten thousand taels. I'd like to trouble you to return them all, Master."

"..." Jia Lian originally thought that Wang Xifeng would use all kinds of sweet words to save the marriage, but he was stunned when he heard such words, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Wang Xifeng's face darkened and she sneered, "Second Master doesn't usually manage the household, so he may not know that the daily income from this family's industry is limited, and it is basically just enough to cover daily expenses, and it is difficult to save any money."

"Where do you think the more than 10,000 taels of silver you have withdrawn these days came from?"

"That's right, that was all my dowry money, my private money!"

"We were all a family before. If Second Master wants to use money, then I can use my private money to subsidize the public expenses. There's nothing wrong with that."

"But since you are planning to write a letter of divorce, it would be inappropriate for you to use my money, right?"

"So, if you want to divorce me, you can, but please return my dowry first!"

Seeing Jia Lian's face turn as dark as the bottom of a pot, Wang Xifeng smiled coldly and added fuel to the fire:

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, the annual output of our family is only so much now. After I take the shop and the land away, the output will be even less. Add to that the debt of ten thousand taels of silver, and you will have to tighten your belt and even have to rely on luck to eat meat in your next life!"

"You, you, you..." Jia Lian pointed at Wang Xifeng and trembled with anger. Whenever he thought about the painful life he would have to live in the future, even his eyes turned red.

"Vicious woman!"

"you are dreaming!"

"You are not a faithful wife, you broke your chastity first, and you want to take the dowry away. What good things are you thinking?"

The angrier Jia Lian got, the more pleased Wang Xifeng became. She took another sip of tea leisurely and spread her hands, "Who would believe this?"

"If you had said this back then, everyone would have believed it. But now it's been so long, and everyone in the outside world knows that I returned safely. It's too late for you to say this again!"

"Besides, even if you said it and others believed it, so what?"

"If you want to divorce me, I will definitely take these properties away. If you refuse, I will go to Shuntian Prefecture to file a complaint!"

"Anyway, my reputation will be ruined by then, so I don't care about being respectable or not. I'll just make a big fuss about it. I wonder what the old lady thinks about this?"

"You, you... are so vicious!" Jia Lian felt a tightness in his chest and wished he could spit out blood. Then, looking at Wang Xifeng's beautiful face, he felt that she was a beautiful snake with a heart as vicious as a scorpion.

"Haha, I'm vicious?" Wang Xifeng also frowned, raised her eyebrows, stared at Jia Lian with resentment, and shouted loudly: "You forced me to do this!"

"Your own wife was kidnapped, but instead of trying to save her, you took Jia Yucun's money and simply ignored her!"

"Is this what a husband should do?"

“Is this the responsibility a man should have?”

Jia Lian was not a strong man to begin with, and he had been oppressed by Wang Xifeng for many years, so he had a psychological shadow in his heart. Now he knew he was in the wrong, so he spoke even less forcefully. Now he was frightened by Wang Xifeng's momentum, and he could not speak clearly. He could only speak incoherently:

"You can't just blame me. The old lady and the second lady also mean the same thing. It's not that I don't want to save you. Jia Yucun said that even if he gave you money, you can't be saved. Those kidnappers were attracted by you because you lent money. This is your own retribution..."

After hearing Jia Lian's words, Wang Xifeng's heart couldn't help but be moved.

She had thought about it before in the dungeon. Based on her understanding of the people in the Jia Mansion, those people in charge would definitely not pay ten thousand taels of gold to redeem her. That was why she knew the situation and obeyed the kidnapper's orders. It was because she thought she would not be able to escape, so she had to save her life first. But in the end, she was rescued, which touched her but also made her feel strange.

However, considering that the stronghold was later wiped out and the gold was taken back, it was equivalent to not spending a penny in the mansion, which was more or less acceptable. In addition, there was no capable person on hand, it was inconvenient to gather information, and he was focused on dealing with his own master, so he did not ask too much about the inside story.

Now that Jia Lian's words had aroused her doubts again, she changed her face to a mocking one and sneered:

"Master Lian, Master Lian, you are really promising!"

"How dare you push the blame on the old lady and the second wife for such a thing!"

"Everyone in the mansion knows that it was the Second Madam who asked Brother Bao to find Master Zhan, which led to the rescue. Even if you want to shirk responsibility, you should choose a similar excuse!"

Jia Lian was provoked by her, and immediately his face turned red and his neck became thick, and he shouted:

"What do you mean by shirking responsibility?"

"When will it be my turn to be the head of this mansion?"

"If the old lady is determined to save people, who dares to say no?"

"Doesn't the mansion have enough gold to pay out? Why do we need to borrow from the Zhan Mansion?"

"Now that the person has been rescued, the second wife pops up to take credit!"

"Outsiders may not know, but don't I know it?"

"It was clearly Baoqin who went to ask Baoyu for help, and Baoyu went to ask Master Zhan for help, which led to the subsequent events."

No wonder!
Only then did Wang Xifeng wake up from her dream and understand why such a contradictory situation had occurred.

"I thought the old lady and the second wife had changed their personalities!"

Wang Xifeng sneered twice and her face became increasingly gloomy.

Although she had no expectations for the weak family affection in the mansion, she heard with her own ears that her own aunt, her own husband, and the ancestors who seemed to love her very much would rather she die outside for various reasons. The sadness in her heart was simply indescribable.

But there was no point in pursuing these questions now, so Wang Xifeng just kept the matter in mind and turned to the already flustered Jia Lian and said softly:

"I know that I concealed the matter of that thief woman, which made the master very unhappy and he no longer believed me, but I still want to explain to the master again that there were indeed no male bandits harassing us in the mountain stronghold. It was the female bandit leader who was watching over me."

"Whether you believe it or not, I, Wang Xifeng, have a clear conscience and have never really lost my virginity."

"I have explained the situation clearly to the master. If he still wants to divorce his wife, then there is nothing to say. We can just part ways."

Jia Lian stood beside the table, his face changing color from blue to red. After a long time, he let out a long breath and made up his mind.

He just bowed to Wang Xifeng, smiled bitterly and sighed:
"Alas, this matter is also my husband's fault. I shouldn't have been so suspicious that it turned out like this."

"Forget it, let the past be the past. We will do whatever we need to do in the future, just as if these things never happened."

"how?"

Wang Xifeng also smiled happily and said:
"If that's the case, then that would be best."

"From now on, you and I will work together and earn back the money sooner or later."

"It's just that there's really no money left in the family now, so the master can't continue to be so carefree and carefree."

Jia Lian smiled bitterly and said:

"If it weren't for Madam's housekeeping, I'm afraid I would have ruined this family business long ago. How could I dare to spend money like this? Let's keep everything as it was before!"

The couple reconciled and lived in harmony.

After sending Jia Lian away, Wang Xifeng's face turned cold again, knowing that the couple had been living in the same bed but different dreams from then on and had no feelings for each other anymore.

Wang Xifeng would rather Jia Lian continue to have a big fight with her. She always had a way to make this useless master of hers surrender. But Jia Lian's attitude made Wang Xifeng, who knew him well, realize that it was over between them and there was no way to save the relationship.

Jia Lian didn't believe Wang Xifeng's explanation in his heart, but he pretended to believe it on the surface. It was obvious that he had to bow to reality due to the pressure of life after divorcing his wife.

Wang Xifeng knew that Jia Lian didn't believe it, but she could only pretend to believe Jia Lian and act harmoniously, otherwise the situation would completely collapse.

"Alas, although the relationship is gone, at least I have retained the position of Young Madam of Rongguo Mansion, so it is not too bad."

After Wang Xifeng sighed, she gathered herself together, went out, called the maids and servants, and headed towards Qiu Tong in a big way.

Qiu Tong was sitting in front of the dressing table, carefully painting, thinking about removing the slap mark from Master Lian. When she saw Wang Xifeng and her friends coming over, she did not stand up to greet them, but only lazily said, "Hello."
"Sister, why are you here? Did you squeeze out some money again?"

She didn't know yet that her family's backer had compromised with someone and the situation at home had completely reversed. She still thought she could enjoy the kindness of Second Madam Lian as she had in the past!

Seeing Qiu Tong being so stupid, Wang Xifeng smiled coldly and felt that she had made the right choice for this concubine.

"My family is short of money right now. I'm afraid I won't be able to pay next month's salary. I can't really sell off my property. I have to tighten my belt for a while."

"With Second Master's permission, all the jewelry and head ornaments that are no longer needed will be sold to supplement the family income."

"Come on, take off everything she wears on her hair, around her neck, on her arms... anything made of gold, and sell it in the gold shop."

Those maids and old women had suffered a lot recently because of Wang Xifeng's dormancy. Now seeing their grandmother showing her power again, they pounced on her like wolves and tigers, pinned Qiu Tong to the ground and started to strip her jewelry.

"Hey, what do you want to do?"

Qiu Tong had never seen such a scene before, and she couldn't see the situation clearly, so she kept shouting.

"I am the concubine of the mansion. If you dare to treat me like this, be careful or I will ask the master to kick you all out!"

Everyone was startled and hesitated for a moment before hearing grandma's cold voice behind them, "Slap!"

At that moment, everyone felt relieved and raised their hands to slap Qiu Tong several times, making him see stars and cry.

"Master... help me..."

"The servants in this mansion are going to rebel..."

This time, Wang Xifeng didn't need to give any more orders. The officer knew how to respond. He found a rag and stuffed it into Qiu Tong's mouth to stop her crying. Then he spat on her face and cursed:
"A sparrow that flies to a tree branch really thinks it is a phoenix!"

"How dare a concubine disrespect grandma? You don't even know your place. I'll teach you a lesson today!"

Qiu Tong stammered and turned to look at Wang Xifeng with tears in her eyes, wanting to ask for help from this kind sister. But where she looked, she only saw a pair of cold and heartless eyes. She trembled all over and dared not even cry.

Today I realize the overwhelming position of the first wife over the concubine!
In Wang Xifeng's eyes, there was no place for Qiu Tong, a fool. She had easily played with her before and instigated her to spend a lot of gold and silver. Now it was time for a final reckoning.

Under her instructions, a group of maids and old women, like wolves and tigers, looted all the valuables in Qiutong's courtyard.

Before, she deliberately prepared a lot of gold jewelry for Qiu Tong. Now, after a round of looting, they all became her possessions and were exchanged for silver to supplement the family income.

She expected that Lian Er would not have any objection to this at this time. After all, he was used to a life of luxury. The so-called "tightening the belt and tightening the belt" was just talk. If he could endure hardship, how could he be in his thirties and have accomplished nothing?

Sure enough, after Wang Xifeng took her people away, Qiu Tong let her hair down, ran to Jia Lian crying and complained. However, not only did she not receive any comfort or justice from Jia Lian, but she was slapped twice by the drunk Jia Lian.

"Why did you go and provoke that bitch for no reason?"

I'm afraid Qiu Tong never thought that the trouble she had caused Wang Xifeng before did not fall on someone else, but instead she had to suffer the consequences herself.

Qiu Tong covered her swollen cheeks and looked at the man who had doted on her endlessly with disbelief, "Master, it wasn't me who went to provoke her, it was clearly her who came to provoke me!"

Seeing Qiu Tong being so tactless, Jia Lian became more and more annoyed. Why didn't he realize that his concubine was so stupid before?
"You are just a concubine. Even if you wear gold and silver, what's the use of it? If she wants it, just let her take it."

"She is the eldest wife, and you are the concubine. Your status is clear. If you argue with her, aren't you asking for trouble?"

After hearing this, Qiu Tong felt aggrieved and fell to the ground crying loudly.

When Jia Lian saw this, his heart softened again. He went forward, picked her up, and comforted her:

"Good Qiu Tong, don't cry. I will divorce that vicious woman sooner or later to vent your anger!"

After hearing this, Qiu Tong was immediately overjoyed and asked with sobs:
"When will the master divorce her?"

"Uh..." Jia Lian hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly, "Now our family is almost broke, we can't make trouble at this time. You just wait patiently. As long as the family savings increase, I will definitely drive that vicious woman away!"

However, although she said so, based on Jia Lian's understanding of Wang Xifeng, he was afraid that the family would not be able to save much in this lifetime. Qiu Tong did not know this. She just thought that her family was a noble family, so it would not be difficult to accumulate some gold and silver. She was overjoyed and began to think about the good thing of becoming Lian's second wife in the future.

She was quite smart and knew the foundation of her family's existence, so she wiped away her tears and began to seduce Jia Lian with seductive eyes.

"Master, it's getting late now, why don't you go to my room and have some fun?"

Jia Lian became furious at the thought of being controlled by Wang Xifeng again and having to go back to his old life of being dominated by his wife. When he saw Qiu Tong teasing him like this, he immediately took out his anger on her.

Not to mention how helpless and furious Jia Lian was, just the people in the Rongguo Mansion all knew the news of the misfortune of Master Lian and his wife in an instant. They didn't know the details, but they could see the expressions on their faces. Just seeing Wang Xifeng make a high-profile appearance again and rob Qiu Tong of all her gold jewelry, they knew that Master Lian might be in trouble again this time.

"Alas, I just thought the tigress had changed her diet, but who would have thought that she was actually baiting me."

"Yes, when Qiu Tong was so arrogant, I said she would not have a good ending. Look..."

"Second Madam Lian is really good at tricks. She first deliberately indulged Second Master Lian by giving him money and taking in concubines. When things got out of hand, she struck with thunder. Even if the old lady knew about it, she couldn't say anything wrong about her."

"That's good now. After Second Madam Lian's fuss, everything has returned to the way it was before. It's a pity that we have lost a source of children from outside the family."

Everyone sighed and talked a lot, and finally they could only run to Second Lady Lian to express their loyalty again. After being ridiculed and criticized, everything finally calmed down.

Everything was fine at the Jia Mansion, but Mr. Zhan, who was watching the fun from the sidelines, was not happy.

He did so many things just to get Feng Lazi into his own hands. These days he has been waiting for Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng to break up and for Jia Lian to divorce his wife!

But who knew that Jia Lian was such a good-for-nothing, who insisted on putting himself on the shoulders of the victim, and refused to divorce his wife. He clearly thought he was in a good relationship, but he just gritted his teeth and endured it.

This is truly... a congenital cuckolded holy body!

Jia Lian can tolerate it, but Master Zhan can’t!

As expected, we have to continue making trouble!

(End of this chapter)