Chapter 291 Ma Dao Po
In Annan, in a temporary camp, Wang Ziteng, who had won several battles in a row, could hardly contain his anger as he looked at the letters from home that came through his military connections.
My sister, who was born to the same mother, died.
He used rat poison to kill himself and Jia Zheng together.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that she just said that it was the sixth day that Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion raised her brother-in-law, and she died just after the rumor spread.
When told that his sister committed suicide, Wang Ziteng simply didn't believe it.
Shen... has such a cruel heart.
Even Jia Zheng was killed.
Can the Ning and Rong mansions still be the same as before?
"Come on, the army is moving out, kill!"
Without killing a few more people, Wang Ziteng would find it difficult to get rid of the hatred in his heart.
Nine days later, the victory news was once again reported to the court.
"Mother~"
Jia Zhen brought today's official report over, "Wang Ziteng has captured three cities in a row. The King of Annan may not be able to hold on any longer."
“…Isn’t this great?”
Shen Ning took the official report and read it carefully.
Wang Ziteng in the Dream of the Red Chamber was promoted all the way, which shows that he is quite capable.
now……
With this achievement, as long as he doesn't commit suicide, he can ensure the royal family's wealth and prosperity for decades.
Speaking of decades, it’s mainly because Shen Ning is not optimistic about Wang Ren.
In the end, Wang Xifeng sent her private wife and daughter Qiaojie to the Wang family. What was the result? Qiaojie was sold to a brothel.
What kind of place is that? A place where men seek pleasure.
Even if ordinary people have no choice but to sell their daughters, they will not easily sell them to brothels.
Wang Ren is so cruel.
No matter how high Wang Ziteng runs, with a nephew like this around, unless he is very resilient, the day he dies will be the day the Wang family falls apart.
"Mother, when he comes back, he will at least be a marquis. What if he holds a grudge against our family..."
"Just go and cry to the Emperor."
Jia Zhen: “…”
"As long as you are honest and behave yourself, if he really bullies you, fight him. If you can't beat him, go to the emperor."
Shen Ning was helpless with him, "Do I need to teach you these?"
Okay, no need to teach.
Jia Zhen's face blushed a little.
Crying.
He is so old now, but his mother still teaches him to cry.
"Don't worry, God will punish you for your arrogance."
Shen Ning glanced at him, "As long as Wang Ziteng is not crazy, he will not look for you. As long as he is crazy..., you are not the only one who can't tolerate him."
In order to seize the military power in the hands of Prince Nan'an, he attacked Annan without any regard for the consequences. The emperor could tolerate him because he had made real contributions, but after that... it was impossible for him to have a good ending.
Shen Ning was just thankful that the Jia family and the Wang family were already in opposition.
Even if Jia Zhu and Yuanchun are still inseparable from the Wang family, at least the Ningguo Mansion will no longer be dragged down by him.
"Didn't I tell you to pay more attention to Wang Zisheng and Wang Ren last time?"
Shen Ning reminded him, "Fixing their mistakes is almost the same as pinching Wang Ziteng."
Huh? Yes.
Jia Zhen was a little happier, "Son, I understand."
Shen Ning waved her hand and sent him away.
But Jia Yue refused to do it. When she was brought in by the nanny and saw her elder brother, she smiled and fluttered towards him, and suddenly said, "Pot~"
"Why is it 'pot'? It's brother."
When Jia Zhen took him in his arms, he corrected him earnestly, "Look at your brother, he is your brother!"
He taught his sister by lip syncing.
Jia Yue was very polite and called out again: "Kaichou."
have to! Now he has turned into a worm again.
Jia Zhen was helpless, "Okay, okay, you can yell whatever you want, mother, your son is taking his sister out to play."
"…What's the hurry?"
Shen Ning was quite jealous.
My daughter is at Mr. Zhan's place every day, playing with her sisters, so it would be fine if she called her sister first, but why did she call her pot first when she didn't call her mother? "I usually ask you to teach her to talk more. Is this how you teach her?"
"Mother~~"
When Jia Yue heard her mother talking, she suddenly shouted.
"Mom is here."
Shen Ning was pleasantly surprised, "Good boy, shout again."
"Mother~"
"Oh my, my baby is awesome."
Shen Ning hugged her little daughter and kissed her happily.
The little girl giggled.
He seemed very proud.
Jia Zhen was sad. His mother and sister's voices were so correct, but why was it that he was the one being blamed? Unable to accept this, he quickly stepped forward and taught her to call him brother.
"Look at brother, look at brother, call brother~"
Jia Yue glanced at him, turned her head and ignored him.
Ouch, that's too much! Jia Zhen hurried over to this side again, "Call me brother~~"
"Don't scare her."
Shen Ning protected her daughter, "Let the pot be a pot, if it's a little bigger, the sound will be correct."
My birthday is on April 8th, and if you really count, there are still a few days left, only eleven months.
"'Pot' sounds too bad," Jia Zhen was unwilling. "This word is not good either. Every time she calls me that, I feel like I will have to take the blame for her in the future."
"Okay, then go and teach!"
Shen Ning couldn't help laughing, "Only one, can't fight."
"...Don't you see her temper? Do I have the guts to do that?"
At most, he would secretly slap her butt a few times.
"Come on, Yue'er, call me brother~~~"
"Pot~"
"Oh, brother~~~"
"Katydid~"
"It's not Grasshopper, it's my brother~~~"
"Katydid~"
When Youshi came over, she could hear the sounds of her brother and katydids from time to time.
She couldn't help but smile at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.
When my younger sister was over nine months old, she started to talk nonsense, first calling her "sister" and occasionally "mom". However, every time she called "mom", my mother was not around.
Now that my mother can let my husband teach my sister to call me "pot" like this, it means that she must have called me "mother" in front of her.
Humph~ She wouldn’t tell them that Yue’er already knows how to call her sister-in-law.
…
West Mansion, Jia Mu's Courtyard.
The old lady is sick after all.
Her second son was gone, and her niece-in-law from the East Mansion never showed up.
What’s the point of Zhen’er and Rong’er running around?
If Shen didn't stick her head out, her second son would have to stay away from Jia Jing even in the Tiekan Temple where his coffin was kept.
Moreover, because it was a violent death, it would take another three years before the coffin could be carried back to the hometown.
Her heart was like this~Grandmother Jia was very sad.
Last year, her nephew Jia Jing died a terrible death. She was worried that it would affect her and Shen, as they both fell ill last time.
They finally recovered and thought they had overcome the crisis, but they never expected that it would eventually happen to their second son.
Now they have two dead husband and wife...
"Old lady, the Taoist Ma you invited is here."
"Please come in!"
When people get old, the old lady believes in too much.
Money and other things are not a problem for her. She only hopes that her family can be safe and that her second son will not be beaten by the Duke and the ancestors.
Yesterday she vaguely dreamed that her second son was pressed on a long bench and beaten with a stick by the Duke.
There were his grandparents-in-law nearby. After the Duke finished beating him, they started beating him too, as if that was not their grandson.
The old man and the old lady are so partial!
The second son has returned everything to the eldest son, so why won’t he let it go?
Today, Grandmother Jia invited Ma Dao Po to interpret yesterday's dream.
Her second son was crying pitifully and calling her for help.
Ma Dao Po went in, and soon after, Yuanyang hurried to the East Palace.
"The old lady wants to see me?"
Shen Ning, who was teasing her daughter to call her mother, was stunned for a moment, "Is the old lady's illness better?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Qingping.
Although she is the elder, she is the daughter-in-law from the next room.
Although the two sides were close, the old lady had been ill since she returned from escorting the coffins of Jia Zheng and his wife to Tiekan Temple.
Shen Ning had been there a few times and clearly felt that the old lady was not very happy to see her.
Even though Jia Zheng's death was not her fault, the old lady took her anger out on her.
So these two days, she asked Qingping to go over on her behalf and bring some medicinal herbs or food.
I didn't expect that I would meet her now.
"yes!"
Yuanyang was helpless, "The old lady is much better than she was a few days ago, but the dream she had last night was not very good. I just asked Ma Dao Po to come and interpret the dream."
Ma Dao Po said that the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it.
The second master suffered in the underworld mainly because the eldest lady of the East Palace never forgave him.
She is the eldest daughter of the Jia family and is trusted by the old Duke and others. The second master and the second mistress died because of her, and she refused to forgive them. Therefore, the Duke Ning and the Duke Rong could not treat the second master well.
In short, I said a lot.
Anyway, the main point is that the eldest lady of the East Palace has to go to Tiekan Temple to hold a ritual for the second master, burn incense, and tell the second master that she doesn't blame him anymore.
Yuanyang feels that this matter is very difficult to deal with.
But there's nothing we can do, the old lady hasn't been feeling well lately.
She could only give a hint first.
"Ma Dao Po?"
Shen Ning remembered this person.
This is a person with some evil means.
Hiss~ Shen Ning was not happy to meet such a person.
"Tell the old lady that I won't be there today. I'll visit her tomorrow morning."
mandarin duck:"……"
She was stunned!
The old lady was ill and rarely asked to see the eldest wife of the East Palace. How could the eldest wife refuse her outright? "Madam, the old lady asked you to..."
"Sister Yuanyang, come this way."
Xiaodong didn't even let her finish her words and just walked away.
She was very strong and the mandarin ducks couldn't pull her apart at all.
As soon as he moved his feet, he was no longer under control and in a blink of an eye he was dragged out of the house.
Oh my! Yuanyang stamped her feet and was about to say something to Xiaodong, but she spoke first, "Sister, our daughter is at a critical stage of speaking, it's rare that she called me mother today, our wife is very happy.
Do you think she would be willing to leave the girl even for a moment?
Besides, it’s getting late now and the old lady is sick, so it would be disrespectful to go over now.
We agreed on tomorrow, so it must be tomorrow. ”
"...Okay, I'll go and tell the old lady."
Yuanyang looked at Xiaodong deeply, then turned and left.
As a maid serving the old lady, she would be respected wherever she went.
Originally, the first wife was very respectful, but she didn't expect...
As the mandarin duck walked back, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
No wonder Ma Dao Po said that when the east is prosperous, the west is not.
Similarly, if the west is prosperous, the east will not be prosperous.
What kind of natural balance is this?
Before, the east was not prosperous, but the west gradually rose...
"Come again tomorrow?"
Grandmother Jia was waiting for Shen Ning to come over and discuss things with her.
But I didn't expect that she wouldn't come.
In front of Ma Dao Po, the old lady said nothing, only saying: "Then please come back early tomorrow morning."
"It's what you deserve."
Ma Dao Po bowed and said, "I will come back tomorrow to interpret the old lady's dream."
"Amber, give it a go."
The old lady nodded and motioned for the prepared things to be taken out.
The bulging bag was quite heavy, and Amber had a hard time carrying it.
Ma Dao Po glanced at her, bowed again with satisfaction, and then left the room.
Of course, she was even more satisfied when she held it in her hands.
If I could take advantage of the old lady's dream interpretation this time and get in touch with Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion...
Ma Dao Po felt that she and Jia Jing had lived in a Taoist temple before, and that she had married the girl she had always dreamed of there. As life has its gains and losses, she could use this as a breakthrough point to build a relationship.
Among all the noble ladies in the capital today, the most popular one is Madam Shen.
If we can capture her, maybe she can follow us in and out of the palace and talk to the Empress.
She left Rongguo Mansion happily, but she didn't know that Chen Ning, after letting Yuanyang leave, ordered Jia Zhen to investigate Ma Dao Po.
"Mother, do you think there is something wrong with this woman?"
Never heard of it!
But Jia Zhen knew that this old woman often went in and out of the backyards of various families and was very popular with some people, such as the old lady of the West Mansion.
"She is Baoyu's godmother in name only."
Jia Zhen was a little embarrassed. After all, Jia Zheng and his wife had just died. Although their death had nothing to do with his mother, the key point was that after their death, some people outside thought that it was related to his mother.
Now his mother wants to check Baoyu's godmother, this is not good...
"If you are worried about her, wouldn't it be more convenient for your son to tell Uncle She and let him check?"
"Okay!"
Chen Ning had a headache. If Jia Zhen hadn't told her, she would have forgotten that this old woman was Baoyu's nominal godmother.
Oh, being someone's godmother in name only to harm them...
"Tell your uncle, be careful when checking, don't let anyone find out."
"Don't worry."
Jia Zhen smiled, "Uncle She is also being cautious now."
The next day, after breakfast, Shen Ning strolled towards the West Mansion.
To show her filial piety, she also brought a box of blood swallows given by the queen.
"Aunt, are you feeling better today?"
"Much better, come and sit down!"
When Grandmother Jia saw her, she was very enthusiastic, contrary to her previous indifference, "I heard from Yuanyang that Yue'er can call her mother now?"
"That's right."
Chen Ning smiled, "She plays with her sisters every day. When she was eight or nine months old, she would blurt out "sister". I wanted her to call me "mother" so badly, but she just wouldn't. A few days ago, she blurted out "Zhen'er" "pot". Although the pronunciation is not right, she blurted it out anyway. For this, I used threats and inducements, but she just wouldn't call me that. I was so angry that I wanted to just throw her aside and ignore her."
"You, you, are jealous of the child."
Grandmother Jia was amused by her words. "Is it okay now? Zhen'er and Rong'er must be jealous."
There is no telling how this little girl from Dongfu will be spoiled.
Although Min'er was favored at the beginning, she did not even have the title of county lady.
"Haha, Zhen'er doesn't like her calling 'pot'."
Shen Ning was not willing to talk about dangerous topics when she could talk about safe topics. “As for Rong’er, the pronunciation of the word nephew is a bit difficult, and it will definitely take a few months.”
"When I'm better, bring her here."
Grandmother Jia was also willing to pamper her youngest granddaughter.
In the East and West Mansions, Jing'er and Zheng'er are both gone, and She'er is getting older and probably won't have any more children in the future.
"I will bring her over to greet you tomorrow."
Just as Shen Ning was about to say something else, the little maid came in and said, "Old lady, Ma Dao Po is here."
"Please come in!"
Grandmother Jia's voice became louder. "I had a bad dream yesterday, and asked her to interpret it. She said that she needed to see you to fully interpret the dream."
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