Chapter 18: The Unexpected
Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu's Courtyard.
Grandmother Jia had heard about the matter of Lai Sheng's wife in the East Palace from Lai Da's wife long ago.
Now she doesn't want to hear her son and daughter-in-law talk about Lai Sheng's wife anymore.
After all, it was the East Palace's business, and it would not be good for her, an aunt from the next room, to interfere too much.
Especially since Shen Ning is in a critical period now and her emotions are sensitive, if things go wrong, the two governments will lose their previous closeness because of a servant.
"Old lady, this is not just Lai Sheng's wife's business."
Seeing the old lady frowning, and her husband Jia Zheng, who used to listen to her, backing off again because of the old lady's attitude, Mrs. Wang could only go up on her own, "I heard from Zhou Rui's wife that more than half of the people in the East Palace have been detained. Although these people are servants, they are all family children. Our Jia family is famous for being lenient to servants. Now that the eldest sister-in-law and Zhen'er are doing this, how will others view our two palaces?"
Mrs. Wang asked sincerely, "Do you want to take care of it?"
Does she care?
Jia's mother, who was leaning on the couch, glanced at her second daughter-in-law and said, "Wait a minute!"
A group of Jia family members who were studying in the school were beaten, so why would they care about a few servants? Although Grandmother Jia was slightly dissatisfied with Shen Ning and Jia Zhen for making such a big move because of a rumor, she did not intend to take action immediately.
After all, the East Mansion is the eldest branch.
Although Shen Ning did not have an imperial edict, with the support of Jia Jing and Jia Zhen, she was still the most noble woman in the Jia family after her.
As the aunt from the next room, she could suppress her in terms of status, but the rumor was too vicious. If she helped the person who spread the rumor, what would she become? "Your sister-in-law has always been sensible in doing things, and Zhen'er is not such a heartless person. Let's see what Lai Sheng does!"
Lai Sheng was the chief steward of the mansion over there, and he was not anxious when his wife was sent home, so why should the master and his wife be anxious? Grandmother Jia had long been dissatisfied with Lady Wang's abuse of power.
It’s just that she gave birth to good children, so she had to praise them a little.
Two generations of aunts from the Wang family married into the Jia family, so Grandmother Jia was quite relieved about Wang Ziteng.
However, these two generations of aunts are in their Rongguo Mansion. If Shen Ning and Jia Zhen in Ningguo Mansion are dissatisfied..., they will do what they need to do and will always come to talk to them. After all, it is a matter of distribution of interests.
"By the way, where's Lian'er? Ask him to go over and ask his elder brother Zhen how far the trouble will go."
They talk better when they are together.
Even if Lian'er was wrong, Jia Zhen would not do anything to him.
On the contrary, once uncles like She'er and Zheng'er say something harsh and a falling out occurs, many things will become difficult to handle in the future.
"This is something that Lian'er should worry about. As uncles and aunts, you should let go when it's time to let go."
In fact, Grandmother Jia is not worried about Jia Zhen.
Compared to the Ningguo Mansion, the Rongguo Mansion still has her support. Although the eldest grandson Zhuer is not the one who inherits the title, he is very hardworking in studying.
He will not follow Jia Jing's path, nor will he follow Zheng'er's path.
Grandmother Jia believed that Jia Zhu could pass the exam with his own abilities.
By then, with the help of relative Li to look after him and the support of the Jia family, he will surely surpass his predecessor.
"Okay, all of you go down, and let Lian'er come over..."
Before the old lady could finish her words, a howling voice accompanied by the sound of messy and urgent footsteps rushed in, "Old lady, help!"
Nanny Lai rushed to Lady Jia's bed and said, "Master Zhen is going to confiscate my house."
What? Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang stood up at once.
"What's going on?"
Grandmother Jia thought she was hallucinating.
Jia Zhen was fine, how could he have come here?
"I don't know either!"
Nanny Lai was going crazy. "Master Zhen brought a group of palace guards and servants, like wolves and tigers, and rushed into our house all of a sudden and arrested everyone in the family!"
She saw Jia Zheng's head banging and she said, "Second Master, please go and save my Lai Da! Wuuu, wuuuuu~~~~"
"Mother~"
“Go quickly!”
Grandmother Jia didn't care about leaning over anymore, "Let's go and see what that bastard is doing."
She was angry too.
Lai Ma was her maidservant who accompanied her through thick and thin for so many years. Now she can finally become a noble and enjoy life, but Jia Zhen wants to confiscate her house. He is so bold and has such a long arm! "Where is the master?"
Grandmother Jia called out repeatedly, "Go, call him up quickly."
The second son is not good at speaking and is pedantic. He has no way to stop Jia Zhen from getting into trouble.
But the eldest son is different, he is even more unscrupulous than Jia Zhen.
Jia She didn't know that his old lady cared about him so much.
There was a commotion in the East Palace for most of last night, and then the doors and windows were closed, so he was too lazy to care about it.
After all, he can't even take care of his own family.
but……
Jia She looked at Xing'er kneeling in front of him, holding a piece of paper with a few lines of words written on it, and paced back and forth for a long time, "Has your master really made up his mind?"
They raided Lai Sheng's house, but stopped halfway through the raid. Then they took a group of people and took Lai Sheng to raid Lai's house.
Jia She was convinced.
Are they afraid that Lai Da will transfer his property?
Or was he afraid that his old lady would call him off, so he decided to just go all the way? "Yes!"
Xing'er was trembling.
At this moment, he was both scared and excited.
There must always be a housekeeper in the house.
Although he was not qualified to be a housekeeper, if Lai Sheng fell, most of the people in the mansion would fall, so he would have more room for promotion.
"Master, you'd better go quickly, otherwise, if the old lady and the second master inside get the news, many things will be inconvenient."
This? Jia She finally stood still, "Come here, bring the water and fire sticks, and let me rob Lai Dajia."
Lai Da definitely has more than 20,000 silver coins in his hands.
If what Jia Zhen said were true, he would make a fortune.
Humph! Jia She certainly couldn't stand Lai Da either.
He was clearly the heir to the title, but the servants in the mansion all called the second brother "Master", and he became the eldest master, as if he was the one who relied on his younger brother for support.
When Jia She, with a group of servants, marched towards Lai's family from the southeast corner gate, Jia Zheng, with two servants, just arrived at his courtyard.
It turned out that he was also worried that he could not subdue Jia Zhen, so he wanted to call his eldest brother.
"What did you say?"
Upon hearing that his elder brother was actually leading a group of people to kill, Jia Zheng's face turned pale, fearing that he was going to avenge Lai Da and fight with the people in the East Palace.
"Quick, hurry up and chase the master."
When people were shouting to chase Jia She, Jia Zheng himself started running.
Ahhh, if a fight really breaks out, the Jia family will be finished.
What did Lai Da do!
He was clearly fine when he came back from East Palace!
At the same time, Shen Ning heard that Jia Zhen had suspended the house-confiscation operation here and brought most of the people to confiscate Lai Dajia. After being stunned for a moment, he smiled instead, "Rong Ge'er, do you think your father did the right thing?"
Jia Rong: “…”
He was a little confused.
It doesn't seem right to say that his father couldn't bear to let Lai Sheng go and changed his mind, because he left Jiao Da to look after Lai Sheng's family.
With Jiao Da around, the people left behind wouldn't dare to do anything naughty.
But they copied half of it and then went to copy Lai Dajia from Xifu...
“That should be right.”
Jia Rong spoke in a clear voice, "The Lai family has been operating in the two prefectures for a long time. If we can't wipe them all out at once, there will be endless troubles."
Why are there six old women guarding outside?
Isn't it because his mother is worried about the safety of him and his grandmother?
"The West Mansion is not our East Mansion. Father and grandmother can make the decisions about the East Mansion. If we can't take over the Lai family in the West Mansion in one fell swoop, we may not be able to take it over. The old lady there will not agree just for Lai Ma's sake."
"...As expected of a descendant of Duke Ningguo!"
Shen Ning touched his head and said, "Very strategic."
None of them are the kind of people who just do things blindly.
pity……
Shen Ning sighed in her heart, "Your father has considered everything very carefully."
She didn't expect it.
Sure enough, the eldest son Jia Zhen has some talent.
"Yushi!"
"Mother……"
You was looking at the account book moved from Lai's house.
"Find a few more maids from the kitchen, and transfer a few accountants from the outer courtyard to Rong'er."
Shen Ning smiled at Jia Rong who was surprised, "Go and finish the job of confiscating the property."
"yes!"
Jia Rong responded loudly.
Although his butt still hurt, he could bear it.
"Take your men with you."
Shen Ning smiled at the grandson who had not yet grown crooked, "Remember, you must always be by your side at all times."
Ningguo Mansion is mostly empty at this moment.
Therefore, she could not separate the six old women outside.
"Grandson, remember this. I will definitely come back soon."
Jia Rong got off the kang carefully and said, "Mother, I'll leave Grandmother to you now."
"Mother knows what's going on. Go quickly!"
Yu smiled.
She had been his stepmother for several years, but the child had never been as respectful and close to her as he was today.
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were in a very good mood when they saw Jia Rong leaving with a group of people.
"Mother!"
Only when she could no longer see anyone did You turn around and ask, "Do you think things will go smoothly in the West Mansion?"
“I think so!”
Since Jia Zhen did it, he should have tried to get Jia She's consent.
Shen Ning walked slowly into the garden. "If he can get ahead, the battle is half won."
There is no time to transfer the property, and he has to rely on everyone's money and belongings, which may shock all the masters in the Rong Mansion.
What a pity, I can’t go and see it.
"The shop and land of Lai Sheng's family will be divided equally between you and Brother Rong, and the rest..."
Shen Ning felt like she was kicked in the stomach and couldn't help but touch it, "Seal the rest to me, I can use it elsewhere."
"Yes! Thank you, mother!"
Youshi hurriedly bowed.
She came from a humble family, and if the betrothal gift had not been quite generous, she probably wouldn't have been able to stand in public.
All dowries were purchased with the original betrothal gifts.
Youshi could never forget the torment she experienced during that period.
"Hurry up and call me mother. Why are you being so polite?"
Shen Ning's hand was still on the baby's little feet. "I don't need you to serve me for a while." She couldn't eat the first-hand melons from Rong Mansion, so she would be willing to eat the second-hand ones. "How about you go to Xi Mansion and pay your respects to the old lady."
She smiled and said, "By the way, curse your uncle in front of them."
Youshi: “…”
She smiled slowly, "I'll listen to my mother. I'll be there soon."
(End of this chapter)
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