Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

It's been a long day.

Zijuan scalded Lin Daiyu's feet, helped her to get on the bed, and chuckled, "Second Madam is so kind. She kept talking and laughing all the way. The young lady felt much better after seeing this."

"She was kind-hearted. Although I don't know who or what instructed her to do something, at least she didn't mention it, and she didn't trouble me too much. Instead, she was thinking about me. That's it, it's good."

Lin Daiyu took the Kunning Palace token in her hand and played with it for a while, then casually handed it to Zijuan, asking her to keep it. She smiled and fell asleep peacefully.

Wang Xifeng returned to Grandmother Jia's main room and went straight into the bedroom. Sure enough, she saw that Grandmother Jia was still awake and waiting for her eagerly: "How is it? Did you coax her?"

"I'm here, so why would the old lady be worried? Sister Lin is a precious guest. If I think a little more about her, she will just listen to whatever I say like a little girl."

Wang Xifeng walked forward quickly, smiled and helped Lady Jia lie down again, then sat on the footstool and told them the conversation just now in a crisp voice, only omitting the fact that she was grateful to Lin Daiyu for having been granted the title, and then said with emotion:

"Sister Lin is a very understanding person. Her brothers and sisters at home actually take it to heart. But she is young and weak now. She is unwilling to help people and things that she is not sure of.

"She is worthy of being the good granddaughter born by our ancestor. We will all benefit from her in the future!"

"Bah! You shameless monkey! It's not enough for you to take advantage of the Empress, you also want to take advantage of our little girl Lin!

"Why don't you encourage Lian'er, that filthy seed, to improve herself so that your sisters can benefit from your glory in the future?"

Grandmother Jia was in a very good mood and had enough energy to joke with Sister Feng.

Seeing this, Wang Xifeng was relieved and said with a smile: "Lian'er doesn't have this ability! We are lucky to be able to maintain our achievements. It's useless to make progress blindly, which will only cause trouble!"

As he said this, he pulled Yuanyang to sit next to him and said, "I heard my sister was so worried about you getting scolded, and I felt a little uncomfortable.

"But when I think back to the old lady's illness, you were the one in charge, you were the one who was busy, you were the one who was scolded, and you were the one who suffered. I feel guilty again.

"We, the descendants, just hang out with the old lady every day for fun, and all the care and worrying are left to you, a little girl.

"To put it mildly, it's your ability. But to put it more seriously, it's our unfilial behavior. Dear sister, I thank you on their behalf!"

Yuanyang hurriedly stood up and shook her head repeatedly: "Second Madam, I am just a maid, I don't dare to accept your words."

"What is there to be unaware of?" Wang Xifeng pulled her to sit next to her again, and smiled quietly, "Everything else is fake. There is only one thing: you and I should be filial to the old lady and don't let Sister Lin dislike us. That's all!"

Grandmother Jia was sleeping in bed and couldn't help laughing when she heard it.

There was a burst of laughter in the room, and then it gradually became silent.

The next day, Li Wan moved out of Lixiangyuan and returned to her original place, bringing Lang'er with her to accompany her three young sisters-in-law.

As soon as Aunt Zhao opened the city gate, she was sent out with a rope tied and her mouth gagged. Jia Huan became Aunt Zhou's son without knowing what was going on, and he came to Tanchun to ask.

Tanchun's eyes were red and swollen. She said only one thing to Jia Huan: "From now on, you have no one to rely on. Study hard and pursue your own career!"

He refused to say anything more and asked the maid to send him back to Aunt Zhou. He also gave Aunt Zhou many compliments and thanked her for her hard work.

Aunt Zhou was also confused. After thinking for a long time, she replied to the secretary, "It's not a bad thing that I have someone to see me off to the grave. But I can't afford to offend the Zhao family, and I dare not disobey the mistress. What will happen in the future depends on fate!"

She was right. The Zhao family really came to Jia Zheng and knelt down to cry, mobilizing all their relatives and friends, and even went around to Lady Xing.

Jia Zheng was feeling very uncomfortable, so he left the matter to Mrs. Wang and went out.

When Mrs. Xing found out about this, she was moved and with a friendly smile she packed up those people and sent them to Mrs. Wang.

The Zhao family had known the truth for a long time, and they just surrounded Mrs. Wang and cried, "Auntie was influenced by Madam's words, so she made indirect accusations against Grandmother and Sister Lin.

"If it was just her, she wouldn't dare to offend the master like this, even if she had the courage of heaven! Madam, you can't just let it go at this time, otherwise it will cost our concubine's life!

"Please ask Madam to make the decision! If Madam is unwilling to make the decision, we will also follow the example of Grandma and ask the old lady to make the decision!"

Mrs. Wang was both angry and afraid, and she ordered people to beat, scold, and lock up the people from the Zhao family. The one who made the most trouble was charged with "theft" and sent to the Jingzhao government office.

The government received the hint and the money, so naturally they did whatever Mrs. Wang said. The man was Zhao Guoji, Aunt Zhao's closest brother, who was beaten to death in prison, and quickly changed his words. He was sent home dying and never dared to show up again.

Mrs. Wang was relieved, and hurriedly sent a message to the Zhao family: "You are not allowed to look for the third lady again in your lifetime. If you are really obedient, when Huan'er grows up, he will naturally take care of you."

Hearing that there were still benefits to be gained but they just had to wait for a few years, the Zhao family became unhappy and gradually calmed down.

This is something.

It is said that everyone shifted their attention away from Lin Daiyu and began to prepare for Jia Yuanchun's visit.

In the blink of an eye, it was October. Jia Zheng thought that there had been no important events in the court recently, so he picked an auspicious day, the 18th, and submitted a memorial to the emperor, asking for permission to visit his relatives.

Zhu approved the Lantern Festival.

The family became increasingly busy and had a hard time every year.

It was not until the fourth watch of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that each room began to urge their masters to get up, wash, and dress up.

Only in Lixiangyuan had Daiyu's order to "keep everything as usual" long ago. The new cook, Liu Jia, opened the newly cleaned up small kitchen early in the morning and prepared fresh offerings for the mourning hall step by step, and then made breakfast for Daiyu and everyone else.

The smoke from the cooking stove is curling up, which is very warm.

Jia Zheng was just getting dressed and going outside to take up his shift when he saw this and immediately flew into a rage: "Which ignorant servant is this who dares to cook at this hour?! What if the imperial carriage sees this when it arrives?!"

Mrs. Wang said through the window, "That's the northeast corner, Lixiangyuan."

Jia Zheng choked, shook his sleeves, coughed to clear his throat, said, "Let's go, my brother is waiting for me outside," and strode away.

"Hmph! No matter how bad his temper is, it's all gone when he meets his good sister and good daughter." Mrs. Wang said sarcastically, and looked carefully at her own decorative makeup in the dressing mirror.

Caiyun and Xia were busy around her. After a while of watching her, they respectfully reported, "Madam, it's done."

Jin Chuan'er was holding a plate of handkerchiefs in the back, waiting for her to choose. She smiled quietly, "The queen's mother has taken great care of it! Don't worry!"

"You stupid girl! I'm here to tear your mouth off!" The gloom on Mrs. Wang's face suddenly disappeared. She cursed with a smile, picked up a plain handkerchief embroidered with pomegranate flowers, and hurried out the door.