Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Although Lin Daiyu had no intention of making things difficult for the Jia family, she was shocked by the details of the ceremony that Jia Lian asked Wang Xifeng to present to her:

"Although my father was posthumously granted the title of Marquis, he shouldn't have been served with such ostentatious food. After all, someone is coming to the palace, so it's better not to overstep our boundaries in these matters."

After a pause, Daiyu tilted her head and looked at Wang Xifeng: "Sister Feng handled the small ceremony very well, why did you mess up this matter?"

Wang Xifeng sneered and told her the truth: "Tao Jian sent a letter saying he would come. The men at home immediately became anxious and wanted to show off their abilities. How could they be willing to hand it over to me?"

Lin Daiyu frowned.

If you don’t understand, you can ask.

How can we just act so recklessly just to make the scene look good?

"Sister, if you see this, you can imagine how difficult it has been for me these years! When your second brother accompanied you back, Rong's daughter-in-law died in the East Palace, and Zhen's sister-in-law fell ill, so the ladies asked me to go over and help for a few days.

"When I got there, the rules inside and outside were in a mess! I urgently went to my mother's house to invite an old man to help me sort out some things in the inner house. There are two masters watching outside, so I can't say too much, I don't know what it's like yet!"

At this point, Wang Xifeng sneered again, "A century-old family, two dukes in one family, so glorious and powerful!

"Our Wang family is just a crude military commander. I have never read a book since I was young, but I know some etiquette, morality, and honor.

"It's these men who claim to have studied hard for ten years and know etiquette, but the things they do are so despised by people!"

Daiyu's heart moved, and she asked her tentatively: "Sister Feng seems to be a little weak, what's wrong? Is your last illness still not fully recovered?"

Wang Xifeng snorted, patted Lin Daiyu's hand, and said, "I am made of iron, and I am tired physically and mentally every day. How can I get better?"

"Didn't I hear that Baoyu needs to recuperate for a hundred days?" Daiyu was surprised. "How come Sister Feng has already started to manage the affairs?"

"Both ladies are unable to take care of it, so I can't let the old lady take charge, right? Ha, just like what the eldest sister-in-law said, who else but me?" Although Wang Xifeng was dissatisfied, she still showed a sense of stubbornness.

Daiyu thought back to that life when she watched Wang Xifeng work herself to the point of miscarriage. She was seven or eight months pregnant with a boy but lost his body. As a result, she was unable to give birth to a child. Because of this, she was gradually abandoned by both the Jia and Wang families...

"Sister Feng, although family affairs are complicated, this family was like this before you married in, and it didn't fall apart."

Daiyu saw Wang Xifeng's face becoming ugly, and she curled her lips and said, "But if you don't take care of yourself when you are young, you can't blame others if you don't live long in the future."

Wang Xifeng simply frowned and threw the handkerchief in her hand, saying, "I was just telling you something for your own good, but you cursed me!"

"Sister Feng told me her true feelings, so I told you this. But you don't take me as sincere and instead accuse me of cursing you!" Daiyu imitated her and threw the handkerchief back, then glared at her.

Wang Xifeng burst out laughing, pulled Daiyu's hand affectionately, and sighed softly, "The one who loves me the most in the family is not my aunt, but the old lady.

"It's hot in the summer, am I going to let those trivial things bother the old lady and make her anxious and angry? I can't bear it.

"Our wife has less work to do now. She wants to help, but unfortunately the more she helps, the more trouble she makes. It would be better for me to do it all by myself slowly."

Daiyu held her hand with her backhand, only to feel the fingertips were slightly cold. She couldn't help but frowned, turned back and ordered Zijuan: "Go and ask Auntie to come. Sister Feng is in such a bad condition, she needs her help to take care of it."

Wang Xifeng's face immediately lit up with joy.

At that moment, Aunt Meng came and took Sister Feng's pulse carefully, felt her palm, read her face, and even asked Wang Xifeng to stand for a while and walk a few steps, frowning tightly:

"Get enough sleep first. I'll prescribe you a medicine and a diet, and you can take them together. Don't get pregnant before I give you the nod."

Wang Xifeng was stunned: "I only have one daughter now, so I must have another..."

"What do you mean by 'must'? If you get pregnant in the next two years, you will definitely have an abortion. I can't say whether you can save your life or not!"

Aunt Meng slammed the table and glared at her, "You're putting the cart before the horse! If you're gone, who will take care of your husband and family, not to mention your daughter? Look at your second and fourth daughters. Do you want your daughter to live like that?!"

Wang Xifeng was speechless.

Seeing that the situation was just right, Lin Daiyu gently advised her, "Sister Feng, you know better than me that the only person you can rely on in this world is yourself."

Wang Xifeng nodded slowly with deep eyes.

Seeing that she was open-minded and willing to listen to advice, Aunt Meng smiled with satisfaction: "I'll prescribe a prescription for you."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly stood up to thank him and assured Daiyu: "My uncle's grand auspicious gift will be perfect. If not for you, then for my own future life to be more stable!"

Daiyu thanked her with a smile and asked Xiaohong to take her out.

——Wang Xifeng is a foolish and pitiful person, capable and smart. As long as she doesn't go astray, the Jia family can survive for a while longer.

Wang Xifeng went out and first told Jia Lian about the mistake, then continued to persuade him: "We are being humble to show off to the palace, not to show off. Who would complain about having too much silver? Aren't you afraid that Mr. Tao will get jealous and blackmail us again?"

Jia Lian was annoyed: "If I had known earlier, I would have followed the rules I copied from the Ministry of Rites and done them strictly. I would have saved myself a lot of trouble!"

"That's the right thing to do!" Wang Xifeng said hurriedly, "It's most important that people can't find fault with you!"

Jia Lian revised it according to the advice, and then showed it to Jia Zheng and others, and finally it was finalized.

On the third day of September, Lin Ruhai's grand memorial ceremony was held as scheduled.

Surprisingly, after the courtesy notifications were given to all the in-laws and old friends, all the four kings and eight dukes who were not present at the small ceremony came with people of the same generation as Lin Ruhai to pay their respects. Even the families of two or three censors and one or two important officials sent their stewards to deliver valuable gifts.

"Eunuch Tao is so honored!" Qingwen hid behind the curtain, looking at the grand scene outside, and was amazed.

Aunt Meng tapped her forehead and whispered, "What does this have to do with Supervisor Tao? This is for His Majesty's sake!"

"That's right! How could it be possible that Supervisor Tao came out to watch the ceremony if it wasn't His Majesty's order? These officials must have racked their brains to curry favor with our family in order to please the Emperor!"

Xiaohong also huddled beside Qingwen and spoke in a low voice.

Aunt Meng looked down at her: "Your family?"

Xiaohong choked.

Qingwen understood immediately and sneered, "What a bunch of fools! They are fawning on the wrong person! His Majesty values ​​Mr. Lin, while Supervisor Tao loves our girl!

"Both of you are paying attention to the Lin family.

"As a result, this group of people came for the Jia family! Hehe! They found the right temple, but worshipped the wrong gods! Stupid!"