Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

"The first ones who followed our family were all prisoners of war. The old Duke gave them the surnames Zhao, Qian and Li. But now there are not many children from the three families left in Beijing. Most of them are in the old house in Jinling.

"About the Zhao family. The eldest master's side is Madam Zhao's branch, and the second master's side is Aunt Zhao's branch. It's true that the two great masters are brothers, but they were not close when they were alive, and they didn't visit each other much later.

"Madam Zhao is now unemployed. Our eldest son, Zhao Tianliang, follows Master Zhen of the Ning Mansion, and our second son, Zhao Tiandong, is still in our family, managing gold and silver utensils.

"There is only one male offspring in Aunt Zhao's branch, Zhao Guoji. His wife died two years ago, leaving no offspring. He originally wanted to remarry at the beginning of last year, but Aunt Zhao's incident caused a stir, and the marriage fell through.

"After the incident in Nightmare Town last time, he was driven out. Years ago, it was heard that he went to the Qian family to ask for money, and Qian Sheng fell out with him. He was driven out of the house that year, and then he had a fight with Zhao.

"When she went to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, the neighbors laughed at Zhao, but she didn't even dare to cry. She had been secretly looking for Zhao Guoji for more than half a month, but her brother was nowhere to be found.

“As for the Qian family, the only branch left in Beijing is the three brothers who are now with us.

"The eldest son, Qian Sheng, married Aunt Zhao's eldest sister. Both of them were in charge of the accounts in the treasury. Qian Sheng was in charge of the accounts of the farm in the capital, and Zhao was in charge of the accounts of the garden.

"The second son, Qian Hua, is now a comprador and follows housekeeper Lai closely, so he doesn't rely too much on his sister-in-law's favor. He married the daughter of the Ye family, who is the sister of Ming Yan, who is with Master Bao.

"The third son, Qian Qi, is closer to Qian Hua and doesn't hang out with his eldest brother. He especially hates his eldest sister-in-law. His job now is to go out with Master Bao. Perhaps because they work together and are old friends, he is very close to Li Gui.

"Qian Qi is arrogant and looks down on everyone, so he is already 27 years old and still unmarried. I heard that Qian Sheng and Qian Qi had argued about this several times, and neither could convince the other. They probably thought they would just wait for their master to give them advice."

Yuanyang told the story in one breath, then stood behind Lady Jia with her head down.

Grandmother Jia looked at everyone coldly and snorted, "No better than a maid!"

Mrs. Wang's expression changed a little: She never expected that Qian Qi, who Li Gui said was very hardworking and honest, was actually a distant relative of Aunt Zhao! Let Aunt Zhao's relative follow her son? !

She subconsciously thought of Zheng Lu.

I felt a little restless for a moment.

As soon as Grandmother Jia saw her expression, she understood. She tilted her head and asked Yuanyang, "Who are the ones with Huan'er?"

"Originally, it was Zhao Guoji and Zheng Lu, who brought four servants, Qian Huai, Feng An, Hu Bi and Hui Mo. Now only Zheng Lu is there." Yuanyang lowered her eyes.

Jia's mother snorted, "Go on."

Yuanyang hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Zheng Lu is the second son of Zheng Hua, the wife's maid, and Feng An is the grandson of the Lai family.

"Hu Bi Hui Mo is just ten years old this year. Zhao Guoji bought them specially from outside and taught them for a year before letting Aunt Zhao pass them on to the Second Master and give them to the Third Master Huan."

Grandmother Jia sneered loudly: "Mother's uncle is really the most important! These mothers and uncles are not easy to deal with!"

Looking at Feng Jieer, he asked, "Where did the wet nurse who serves your Qiao Jieer come from? Did your parents find her for you? Or was she your companion?!"

Sister Feng stood up quickly and answered with her head down: "My wife found it for me. The Jia family's son is very diligent and takes good care of me."

Grandmother Jia then let her go and looked coldly at Jia Zheng and the others: "Check Qian Hua's job. Since he is a comprador, I'm afraid he must have taken a lot.

"Qian Qi has been with Baoyu for so many years, he must be familiar with all the girls in Baoyu's room. If he doesn't marry them, maybe he has some dirty thoughts!

"Baoyu is studying at home now. He has nothing to do anyway. Let him go and take care of his nephew Huan'er!"

He actually said that Jia Huan was the nephew of Qian Qi's servant!

Mrs. Wang was delighted!

Wang Xifeng felt something was wrong and couldn't help but secretly glance at Lady Jia.

Jia's mother noticed it, softened her tone, and asked her, "What did you think of, Feng girl?"

Wang Xifeng carefully looked at Lady Jia's face and said slowly:

"In reply to the old ancestor, I remember that although Sister Lin didn't make it public, she deliberately let the maid and the others hear the whole story.

"Old lady, can you please tell us how we should deal with Sister Lin? After all, it was our family's servant who bullied her.

"She didn't punish him, but sent him back. It was out of kindness on her part. We can't let her down..."

Jia Zheng's eyebrows knitted together instantly: "She is a junior, how can we apologize to her?"

"I will go, why should I bother the master and his wife with this matter?" Wang Xifeng said with a smile, "After all, we are close relatives, don't let me become estranged because of my stupidity!"

"Walking intimacy?!" Mrs. Wang could not help but scold, "Look at what she did! We gave her the New Year gift, but she actually accepted it, looked at it, and then returned it!

"Which of these families is easy to offend? She looked at it once and didn't want it anymore. She didn't return it herself, but asked our family to return it, so that we would go out and offend others! If she had any sense of family, she wouldn't do this!"

boom!

As soon as Lady Jia touched the sandalwood Ruyi in her hand, she smashed it to the ground!

Everyone was silent.

"Is Miss Lin a soft-tempered person? You have been blind for one or two years, can you still be blind for three years? Feng'er is reminding you with good intentions, do you really think Miss Lin will let these two things go?"

Grandmother Jia didn't even bother to look at Madam Wang, and looked directly at Jia Zheng, "Tell me, what should we do with the Qian family? How should we explain to Miss Lin?"

Jia Zheng paused, subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Wang, and noticed that his mother's face was not right. He quickly turned his gaze back and said to Lady Jia: "Search the property and kick the whole family out!"

"Just drive her out? How many hidden dangers do you want to leave for Miss Lin?" Grandmother Jia sneered, "That's a good plan!"

Look at Wang Xifeng again.

Wang Xifeng didn't want to say anything, but now she had to speak: "Let's check first. Check all three brothers of the Qian family. After the investigation, those who are wrong will be dealt with according to the rules. After that, it will be justified to drive them out.

"As for Qian Huai, he first injured someone without reason, and then premeditated arson. He has violated the law of the court. It would be better to send him to the government office, give him a few beatings, and exile him far away. Out of sight, out of mind."

Grandmother Jia's brows relaxed and she nodded in approval.

He added, "Also, the maids and servants at the Third Girl's place should be investigated and dealt with. I will leave this matter to the Feng Girl. The most important thing is not to let bad words get out of the house."

Check them all? Do them all?!

Wang Xifeng was startled and looked at Yuanyang quickly.

The mandarin duck lowered its eyes and said nothing.

Why, just because of this unexpected disaster, are we going to arrest Shi Shu and Cui Mo and silence them? !