Red Mansion: After being expelled from the family, I was granted the title of Marquis of Mobei

Chapter 110 Play hard to get
The atmosphere in Mrs. Jia's bedroom was very solemn at this time.

Mrs. Wang said with great annoyance.

"Mother, this Jia Yucun is such a scoundrel. He took all our money and sold us out."

"Lin Ruhai arrived in the Divine Capital today. The Imperial Guard personally met him at the dock and he went straight to the palace to meet His Majesty."

"His physical condition is not what we previously thought. On the contrary, he looks healthy."

"From this, it seems that His Majesty is going to make important use of him."

"Mother, how should we deal with this?"

Old Mrs. Jia remained silent, feeling as if she had been hit on the head with a hammer.

She asked herself that she had planned the affairs of Rongguo Mansion with all her heart just to ensure that Rongguo Mansion would be passed down.

However, the Rongguo Mansion is now in a state of collapse and is in a shambles.

Now there are powerful enemies outside and the resources have been almost depleted. Mrs. Jia is worried about what to do in the future of Rongguo Mansion.

Seeing that Mrs. Jia remained silent, Mrs. Wang became even more flustered.

"Mother, you, you..."

Mrs. Jia waved her hand and said.

"I'm fine. Now that things have come to this, fainting is not the same as death."

"I underestimated Lin Ruhai. He is really very scheming."

"He has long wanted to cut ties with our Rongguo Mansion, but he just couldn't find the right opportunity."

"I really didn't expect that he would actually use the trick of pretending to be sick and send Daiyu here just to trick us."

"He's really bold."

Mrs. Wang said angrily after hearing this.

"I think Lin Ruhai also thinks that Lin Daiyu is just a girl and insignificant."

"Given his power and physical condition, it would be easy for him to find a second wife and have more children."

"He sent Lin Daiyu here and then stood by and watched coldly, waiting for us to take action. This would give him a proper reason to officially break with the Rongguo Mansion."

"He is indeed a dark person."

It can only be said that people like Mrs. Wang and Old Lady Jia always think the worst of others.

Because they are the kind of people who will do anything to achieve their goals.

Mrs. Jia sighed and said.

"There's no point in saying this now."

"We are at loggerheads with Lin Ruhai. There is no turning back."

"Forget it, if the enemy comes, we'll just fight him with our generals and if the water comes, we'll just build a fort."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. How is the Xue family doing?"

Seeing that Old Lady Jia avoided the subject, Mrs. Wang knew that as a mother-in-law, she had no other choice but to leave it like this for now.

"Mother, my sister has come to me many times, but I've repeatedly refused. I think the time is almost right. If this continues, it will be terrible if things go wrong."

Mrs. Jia nodded and said.

"I've been stretching her for a few days now. It's time."

"If she comes to you again tomorrow, just go along with it."

"Let the Xue family spend some money first to subsidize the expenses of the mansion."

"Don't worry, mother. Your daughter-in-law understands."

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed it, Mrs. Wang left the room.

The next morning, Mrs. Xue Wang couldn't wait to find Mrs. Wang again.

Looking at the anxious Xue Wangshi, Mrs. Wang's heart was filled with joy, but she still looked distressed as she spoke.

"Fourth sister, you, you didn't sleep well last night again."

Xue Wang sighed and said.

"Third sister, how can I sleep?"

"Pan'er has been held captive by the Champion Marquis for so long, he must have suffered a lot."

"If anything happens to him, how will I live?"

"Third sister, I beg you, please help me."

Mrs. Wang said with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Fourth sister, it's not that I don't want to help you. You also know that there is a conflict between Rongguo Mansion and Guanjunhou Mansion."

"This is a difficult matter."

Xue Wangshi said anxiously.

"Third sister, Rongguo Mansion is a century-old family with a profound heritage."

"No matter how domineering the Champion Marquis is, if he really wants to fight, he can still defeat the palace."

"I know the mansion doesn't want to get involved in trouble."

"But Third Sister, Pan'er is your biological nephew. We are sisters from the same mother."

"For this reason, go and beg the old lady to help you."

"The old lady is highly respected and her words carry weight. The princes will all give her face."

Mrs. Wang said helplessly after thinking for a while.

"Sister, it's true that the old lady has face, but my father-in-law has been dead for so many years, and people have forgotten him. It's only with this little bit of affection that the Rongguo Mansion maintains its dignity."

"You know the thing about favors. The more you use them, the thinner they become."

"No matter how good I am at home, I am just a daughter-in-law."

"If I bring so much trouble to my husband's family, how can I survive in the mansion from now on?"

"If I have the ability to help you, I will definitely help you without hesitation."

"But now there's another layer of separation. How can I talk to the old lady?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Xue Wang no longer cared about her dignity. She knelt down in front of Mrs. Wang and said with tears streaming down her face.

"Third sister, I'm over forty years old, and I only have Baochai and that evil boy Xue Pan as my children."

"If he were gone, how would we, an orphan and a widow, survive?"

"If I didn't really have no other choice, I wouldn't come to you for help. Third sister, please have mercy on me and help me."

Seeing that the heat was almost ready, Mrs. Wang hurriedly helped Mrs. Xue Wang up and said.

"Hey, Fourth Sister, what are you doing? Get up quickly, get up quickly."

Xue Wangshi said after hugging Madam Wang's thighs.

"If Third Sister doesn't help me today, I will kneel and die here."

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang pretended to be helpless and said.

"You, you're forcing me."

"Okay, get up first. Let me help you with some advice, okay?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Xue Wang stood up and spoke urgently.

"Third sister, I knew you would find a way."

Mrs. Wang spread her hands and said.

"You will make it difficult for me."

"This little bit of money in the mansion is reserved for emergencies."

"It's not that easy to ask the old lady for help."

"Well, it just so happens that the old lady will have her birthday in a few months."

"The government has been worried about this matter for a while now, and the money is not available."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xue Wang said, "Don't worry, Third Sister, I'll take care of everything. I'll cover all the expenses for the birthday banquet, and I'll also give the old lady a generous birthday gift."

"Also, if you need to take care of anything later, just tell me how much money you need and I'll go raise it right away."

Mrs. Wang said after a moment of thought.

"That's a good idea. How about this? You prepare three hundred thousand taels of silver first. I also need to think about how to talk to the old lady."

"If I can get through to the old lady, then everything will be easy."

"If we can't come to an agreement, I really can't help you."

Mrs. Wang asked for 300,000 taels of silver right away, which really made Mrs. Xue Wang feel a little painful, but this was just the beginning.

However, in order to rescue her son, Xue Wangshi gritted her teeth and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, Third Sister, I'll go and raise the money right away."

"Where is the old lady? I'll leave it to you."

After the two sisters exchanged a few words of greeting, Xue Wangshi hurried away.

At this time, Mrs. Wang drank a sip of tea leisurely, looking relaxed and comfortable.

Where can you find such a big fat sheep? It's so hard to come across one. If you don't bleed it and slaughter it properly, it would be unfair to such a stupid person.

Not long after, in a small courtyard in Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Xue Wang and her daughter Xue Baochai were discussing something together.

Xue Baochai hesitated for a moment and then looked at her mother and said.

"Mom, I think we should go to the Marquis of Guanjun's Mansion first to see what's going on."

"I always feel like my aunt seems, seems..."

Judging from Mrs. Wang's behavior during this period and her mother's description just now, Xue Baochai felt that Mrs. Wang had been on high alert for a long time, just waiting for the Xue family to come to her door.

Mrs. Wang’s refusal these days was all a prelude to her huge request today.

But Xue Baochai couldn't say this to her mother directly, so she could only discuss it with her mother.

After hearing this, Xue Wang waved her hand and said.

"What are you thinking about, kid?"

"Didn't you hear what your aunt said? This champion marquis is arrogant and domineering and does all kinds of evil."

"First, he snatched the bride from the Rongguo Mansion, and then killed the legitimate sons of the Ning and Rong Mansions because of a trivial matter."

"Your eldest brother has provoked him, and he will definitely not give face to the Rongguo Mansion. You can only ask your aunt to ask her mother-in-law, and let the old lady ask the prince to come forward."

"If the prince comes forward, the cost will be huge."

Xue Baochai said helplessly.

"Mom, I'm not suspicious of anything. I just think, why don't we just go to the Marquis of Guanjun's Mansion."

"The Champion Marquis' Mansion has to maintain its reputation no matter what."

"It's impossible for you to embarrass us orphans and widows in broad daylight."

"Let's go and ask about the situation first and see what the rules are."

"If you run into a snag, why not go and ask to see Prince Beijing?"

Xue Wang thought for a moment and then shook her head.

"Let's just forget it. That Champion Marquis is capricious and violent, and behaves in a rude manner."

"If we come here rashly, we might end up making things worse."

"It's safer to spend money to avoid disaster this time."

Seeing that her mother had made up her mind, Xue Baochai was helpless.

Xue Baochai knew that her mother was a person without her own opinion, but she was also a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old. Although she was smart since childhood, she did not have much say in the family.

Although she realized that Mrs. Wang might be trying to take advantage of the opportunity to make some money, she could only pray secretly, hoping that Mrs. Wang would take the money and do the job, and successfully rescue her elder brother from the Marquis of Guanjun's Mansion.

However, Xue Baochai was not idle either. Instead, she instructed the maids around her to give them some loose change and asked them to hang out with the maids in Rongguo Mansion tomorrow to find out the real situation of Guanjun Hou Mansion and Rongguo Mansion.

In addition, Xue Baochai arranged for her confidants to keep an eye on several major managers of Rongguo Mansion. If Rongguo Mansion really wanted to have dealings with the Wang Mansion, these managers would definitely have to go ahead and paved the way. As long as they kept a close eye on them, they could see what the rules of Rongguo Mansion were. In case they really took the money but didn't do their job, they could also think of a countermeasure quickly.

The news that Rongguo Mansion was sharpening its knives to make a killing from the Xue family soon reached Jia Jue's ears. After all, Jia Jue's spies in Rongguo Mansion were still very powerful.

In the evening, Jia Jue was having dinner with Wang Xifeng in her room.

Ever since Sheng Minglan became pregnant, Wang Xifeng had to eat.

After all, neither Zhang Guifen nor Sheng Minglan could share a room with Jia Jue, Qin Keqing had not yet been taken into the mansion, and although Zhao Pan'er lived in the Marquis's Mansion, she had just experienced a major change in her life. It would obviously not be appropriate for Jia Jue to go to the home base at this time.

So during this period of time, Wang Xifeng was naturally taken good care of by Jia Jue, which made Wang Xifeng feel both happy and sad. Needless to say, she was happy, but Jia Jue's firepower was too fierce. Even if Wang Xifeng brought Ping'er along, the combined strength of the two was not enough, and she could only beg for mercy.

At this time, Wang Xifeng obediently poured a glass of wine for Jia Jue and said pitifully.

"My dear husband, I want to take a day off today, is that okay?"

Jia Jue said with a calm smile.

"What's wrong? I can't stand it anymore."

"Women are so contradictory. If they don't come, they can't do it. But if they come all the time, they can't do it either."

Wang Xifeng said helplessly.

"My husband is gifted, and I am truly indebted to him. Please spare me for two days, okay?"

Jia Jue nodded slightly and said.

"Okay, how can I not feel sorry for you? I'll just give you two days off."

"By the way, how's the situation at the Qin family?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said.

"Don't worry, my husband. The specific rules have been arranged. The sixth day of next month is a good date. Then we will let Sister Keqing marry into our family."

At this time, Wang Xifeng had never hoped that her husband would let a new concubine in as soon as possible, otherwise she was afraid that she would be ruined by sleeping with him every day.

Jia Jue said with a calm smile.

"Okay, then you can handle this matter."

"By the way, I think your little cousin might sneak up on you during this period, so you should be prepared."

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng thought for a moment and said.

"Are you talking about Baochai, the cousin of the Xue family?"

Jia Jue nodded and said.

"Yes, that's her. I can tell she must have inherited her father's brain. It's quite useful."

Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Jue and asked.

"Did my husband receive any news?"

Jia Jue did not hide anything and directly told the story that Lady Wang had extorted 300,000 taels from the Xue family.

"Your cousin is very shrewd. She saw that Madam Wang had ill intentions and secretly stationed spies at several exits of the Rongguo Mansion."

"It will probably take her a few days to realize that the Rongguo Mansion doesn't care about Xue Pan's life or death at all. All they care about is how much money they can get from the Xue family."

"At that time, she will either seek help from the Wang family or come directly to you."

"Of course, even if we go to the Wang family, you will definitely be the one to contact her in the end."

Wang Xifeng said after hesitating for a moment.

"Then my lord, how should I express my attitude?"

"How does the Marquis plan to deal with Xue Pan?"

Jia Jue said calmly.

"What the hell is Xue Pan? He's just a useless playboy. If it weren't for the desire to continue dividing the four major families and completely destroy the Rongguo Mansion's purse, I would have let him go after teaching him a lesson in Jinling. Why would I bring him back to the Divine Capital?"

"As for you, try to feel her out first, but don't promise her anything."

"If she asks about Xue Pan's current situation, just tell her everything."

"As for the rest, we'll discuss it after you've met."

(End of this chapter)