Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

That night.

Grandmother Jia sat on the couch, listening silently to the secretary kneeling on the ground trembling with fear and retelling all the conversations she had heard in Qingqiu Courtyard of the Lin Mansion that morning.

Sitting on both sides were Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, and Jia Huan, and on the other side were Lady Wang, Wang Xifeng, and Tanchun.

Jia Huan's face was twisted with anger, while Tanchun's eyes were red and she kept crying, but she said nothing and remained silent.

"The Qian family is in charge of the accounts in the treasury?" Grandmother Jia looked at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian quickly stood up and replied, "Yes, his name is Qian Sheng, and he is Wu Xindeng's subordinate."

Grandmother Jia looked at Jia Zheng again and asked, "Whose idea was it that he should go to the treasury to take care of the accounts?"

Jia Zheng looked uncomfortable: "In the early days, I was still capable..."

"So, this is the favor of the Zhao family. With your second master as your backer, it's probably normal for him to embezzle from the treasury and for his family members to bully others outside."

After mocking Jia Zheng with a cold face, Grandmother Jia turned around and gently picked up Jia Huan and Tanchun, "This has nothing to do with the children. As long as your heart is clean, no one can defile you!

"Don't give your slaves too much face in the future. You think they are loyal and will think about you, but in fact they are sucking your blood, and they want to tarnish your reputation and ruin your future! Don't be so soft-hearted!

"You two are just little kids. You have nothing to do here. Go back. Pack up your things. Your sister Lin's house is new and needs a lot of things. Don't go and wait for her there."

Jia Huan showed a look of joy, and immediately stood up and proudly agreed: "Yes! Grandson will follow the teachings of grandma!"

Tanchun lowered her head and stood up, but she just knelt down and saluted, and whispered, "Granddaughter, take your leave."

So he went out with Jia Huan.

Jia Huan walked very fast, but as soon as he left the courtyard, he was stopped by Tanchun's wet nurse Chen: "Third Master, wait for Third Miss."

"My sister lives in the garden and I live outside. Why should I wait for her? We are not living in the same place!" Jia Huan frowned and was very reluctant to deal with this old nanny.

However, during this delay, Tanchun came out and whispered, "Mother Chen, please send the Third Master back for me. From today on, he is not allowed to leave Aunt Zhou's yard, and no one from outside is allowed to look for him! We can discuss other matters after we have safely arrived at the Lin residence!"

Jia Huan's eyes immediately stood up: "Why did you ban me from walking?!"

"Others are eager to drag you down with them now! The old lady finally cleaned you up, but you want to kill yourself?"

Tanchun gnashed her teeth, stretched out her hand and twisted his ear, lowering her voice even more: "They have already beaten Auntie to the bottom, and now they want to drag you into it, do you understand? ! !

"I have finally found a way to survive. If you want to jump into the fire pit, wait until I am gone! Don't let me get in trouble!"

Jia Huan no longer understood what was said, but he knew that if he did not obey, this third sister would really twist his ears off, so he immediately cried out and begged for mercy:

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Third sister, I will listen to you! Until we leave the house, no, no, no, until we enter the Lin family, I will listen to you!

"I will never go out, and I will never have anything to do with those people again! Even if they come looking for me, I will never see them!"

Tanchun finally breathed a sigh of relief and let go: "Just be obedient."

Seeing Jia Huan walking away obediently under the "accompaniment" of Nanny Chen, he took a handkerchief and wiped the fingers of his right hand vigorously, threw it to Xiaochan who was following him, and asked in a cold voice:

"Has your mother gone to the farm?"

"Yes!" Xiaochan answered respectfully, "I left at 15:00 because I was afraid that the city gates would close early in winter. My mother came in and told me during dinner."

"I hope it's still in time." Tanchun looked at the dark night sky and murmured absentmindedly.

Xiaochan looked at her, pursed her lips, and swallowed back what she was about to say.

Would someone harm my aunt? Would someone deceive my aunt? My daughter was the first one to get the news, so how could someone get ahead of her and cause trouble for my aunt?

There were only four people in charge of the household left in the room, and Grandmother Jia's face darkened.

"Shishu, you just said that Miss Lin only wanted you to listen to her, but didn't mention a word? And you also said that the courtyard was prepared for you, the third lady?"

"Yes. That's right. He didn't say a single word. His face didn't even show whether he was happy or unhappy..." Shishu's whole body was shaking.

Grandmother Jia narrowed her eyes and said, "How do you know it's not a good thing? Why are you so scared?"

"Your servant, your servant..." The secretary was stunned and looked up at Grandmother Jia, "How can this be a good thing..."

As soon as she said this, she bit her lip, lowered her head, and clenched her fists, "I don't know, I'm stupid, I'm just guessing..."

Grandmother Jia glanced at her fist indifferently and said, "Okay, don't make any guesses if you don't know anything. Go down. The affairs of the Lin family's inner house are not your business, nor are you supposed to know. You only saw the house this time, and nothing else. Did you hear me?"

"Yes." The secretary kowtowed respectfully.

Grandmother Jia waved her hand and said, "Go down." She tilted her head and glanced at Yuanyang.

Yuanyang understood and left quietly, following the servant out and gently closing the door from the outside.

The secretary stumbled down the stairs.

Yuanyang quickly supported her, looked around, lowered his voice, and whispered in her ear: "You did a good job. Just be careful when you go out, and keep the people who were there today under control. Don't make a big fuss."

Shishu looked at her unwillingly: "Our girl..."

"It has nothing to do with your girl! It has nothing to do with Third Master! It has even less to do with Miss Lin!

"It was the Qian family who worked in the warehouse. They did something dishonest, and Wu Xindeng found out and reported it to us. So the second master was furious and punished his entire family!"

Yuanyang stared at Shishu's eyes intently.

Shishu finally understood, her expression relaxed, and she nodded repeatedly: "Yes! I know! No, no, no, I don't know anything! Good sister, I'm going back!"

"Yeah." Yuanyang also smiled at her, thought for a moment, and then whispered to her, "You and Cui Mo, the third girl and I will all plead for you. But for the others, you have to be prepared, I'm afraid..."

The secretary was startled, bit her lip, hesitated, nodded, bowed heavily to Yuanyang, and walked away slowly.

Yuanyang looked back at the swaying candlelight inside the house reflected on the paved window, but did not go back. Instead, she rubbed her hands and stood in the sheltered area under the porch.

She had heard these things too many times and really didn't want to hear them anymore.

Inside the room, Jia's mother's face was as gloomy as water. She looked at the four heads of the family and gritted her teeth and whispered, "Who are the people in the Qian family? Who are the people in the Zhao family? What kind of in-laws do the two families have? You are the heads of the family, but you told me all of this. Don't you know? Don't you know? "

After a long silence, Wang Xifeng stood up and said, "My granddaughter-in-law only knows that Second Master's wet nurse, Aunt Zhao, is a cousin of Aunt Zhao's parents. They are related by blood, but not close."

Grandmother Jia looked at the others.

Everyone was silent.

Grandmother Jia sneered and raised her voice to the outside: "Yuanyang, come in!"