The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 89
After Jia Lian left Beijing, Wang Xifeng ordered Ping'er to move into the main room and sleep with her every night.

However, even so, it is difficult to solve Jia Lian's worries about leaving home, and the heavier the body, the more tedious the housework is, and it is inevitable that he will lose energy and become haggard day by day when he gathers together a few times.

With her appearance, even her nephew and daughter-in-law who often came to visit her often advised her to pay more attention to rest, but she just ignored it.

Only Mother Jia met and ordered her to resign from the housekeeper.

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to restart Li Wan to take over as her housekeeper.

It's just that Li Wan has a gentle nature, and there are many servants in Jia's family who rely on the old to sell the old, steal and rape and play tricks, and watch others order dishes.

Seeing that Li Wan couldn't take care of many things, and the rewards and punishments were unclear, Li Wan became more and more ignorant, which caused some things to be delayed and the agency was unclear. Madam Wang could only ask the housekeepers and daughters-in-law to consult Wang Xifeng more often.

Wang Xifeng was originally a person who was greedy for power and was easy to show off. Seeing the situation at home, she thought that everything would go wrong without her, so she became even more arrogant.Although she didn't dare to seize Li Wan's power due to Mother Jia's order, after all, as long as the people below came to ask her something, she would sit on the kang and make everything clear for them.

It wasn't until her belly swelled up and she became more and more tortured that she could not live or die, that she really put aside her family affairs and hid at home to wait for delivery.

It was finally the beginning of July. Fortunately, the first child was born, the mother and daughter were safe, and everyone in the house was relieved for her.

Jia Mu even sent mandarin ducks to visit her every day, ginseng, cinnamon, and other tonics, and everything she wanted, whether she didn't have it, or she couldn't eat it.

Only Wang Xifeng herself, originally vowed to give birth to a boy, so as not to worry about her future, but who knew it was a daughter, she felt lost for a long time.

Unexpectedly, not long after her daughter's full moon wine, a letter from Jinling broke the tranquility of Jia's mansion again.

Xue Pan, the eldest son of Xue, got involved in a life lawsuit and wrote to Beijing for help!

When Wang Xifeng heard that something happened to her aunt's house, she couldn't sit still, so she hurried to discuss with Mrs. Wang, because she asked what was the reason.

"I heard that they were fighting for an actor, and they got into a fight when they disagreed, maybe they didn't know how to strike, so they beat the other party to death.

Human life is at stake, Pan'er, an unbelievable evil! "

Mrs. Wang sighed and scolded her nephew for not being able to live up to expectations, then handed the letter to Wang Xifeng to read.

Wang Xifeng said: "I heard from the master before that the Jiayu village that recognized our family's relatives has newly taken office in Yingtian Mansion. This case happens to be tried under his case. As long as we do a little bit of work, we don't have to worry about not being able to settle this case." Case closed!"

Mrs. Wang sighed, "That's the only way.

I have already written to your aunt and asked her to move to the capital with Pan'er and Baochai.

It just so happened that she also said before that she would come to Beijing this year, but now that this happened again, she must have agreed.

Their house has been unoccupied for more than ten years, and it must be troublesome to clean it up. Now your uncle is not at home, so I want to take her to live in our house... You can check on the old lady for me and see her Does the old man agree to..."

Wang Xifeng understood the truth when she heard it, and said with a smile: "The old lady likes to be lively the most, and my aunt and Baochai are both good-natured people, so I don't have to worry about the old lady's disapproval. I am worried. Although we have many houses, I am afraid There is no suitable place for my aunt and her family to live in."

"You don't have to worry about this. There is a courtyard in the northeast corner of our mansion. It was originally a place for the old man to live in when Grandpa Xian was alive. Although the place is not big, it is quiet enough for them to live in.

There is no need to worry about the master, as long as the old lady nods, you can let someone clean it up. "

Wang Xifeng agreed with a smile, and said a few words to Mrs. Wang about the life lawsuit, and then went to Jiamu's room, looking for a chance to talk.

Jia's mother is indeed a lively person. She met Aunt Xue in the early years and had a good impression of her. When she heard Wang Xifeng speak, she knew that the daughter-in-law was too embarrassed to speak, so she asked Wang Xifeng to play the side drum.

I didn't care about it, just smiled and said: "It's good that way. I heard that the son born by the concubine is not good, but she gave birth to a daughter. She is very good. The writing and appearance are all very good, but is it true?"

"I don't dare to promise this to the old lady. After all, I only saw her when she was very young. Just listening to my aunt's tone, she is much better than me."

Jia Mu sneered and said, "Of all the girls in this world, I'm afraid it's hard to find one who is more open-minded than you, and who is not reserved at all. Naturally, all of them are better than you."

Laughed for a while, and settled the matter.

Forget about other people, once they heard that the Xue family master beat people to death because of trivial matters, they subconsciously had a bad impression of the Xue family, but Jia Baoyu only heard Jia Mu and others say that the Xue family's daughter "looks good." With these few words, I happily clapped my hands and twisted Jia Mu, wishing that tomorrow I would take someone over to show him!
After less than two months like this, the Xue family came to Beijing as promised, and the whole house welcomed them, which was very lively.

Only Wang Xifeng was always happy for a while and then disappointed for a while.

Not only worried about Jia Lian, but also suffering from the long distance at the border, the inconvenience of correspondence, and the inability to understand Jia Lian's current situation, it is inevitable that he is worried every day.

The so-called thinking day by day, dreaming at night, for several nights, she dreamed that Jia Lian was fighting with the Tatar army, how could he be the opponent of those ferocious barbarians, and she was frightened when she saw him bloody on the battlefield soon. She screamed out in her dream, if Ping'er hadn't been beside her calling to comfort her, she might have fallen ill from fright.

Xu was afraid that something would come, but a news from the border crossing almost frightened Wang Xifeng to death.

Many tribes of the Tatars crossed the border to rob food, money, and women before the winter, and had many fierce battles with the soldiers stationed on the frontier. Both sides had their own victories...

Wang Xifeng couldn't sit still. Regardless of the comfort of Mrs. Wang and others, she tried every means to find out about Jia Lian's situation.

It's just that she is a woman and has no noble status. What effective channels can she have to inquire about the life and death of all the little fifth-rank military officers trapped in the border?
It wasn't until this time that Wang Xifeng realized that she could only call the wind and rain in Jia's mansion. Once she left this three-acre land, she was no different from an ordinary woman.

Fortunately, she was sure that her uncle Wang Ziteng was fine, and if Jia Lian wanted to follow him, nothing serious would happen.

She could only comfort herself like this in her heart.

Things outside were not clarified, but something happened to Jia She.

Previously they just said that they were not feeling well, but everyone didn’t pay much attention to it. After all, it’s winter, and there are more people suffering from illnesses. Today, either one is not feeling well, or that one has a fever and cough. It’s just asking the doctor to take medicine.

But Jia Amnesty was different, the illness came on like a mountain, but within a few days, it seemed like he was about to die.

Mrs. Xing saw that she couldn't hide it anymore, so she hurriedly sent someone to invite Jia Mu.

Jia Mu came over with a cane and saw that Jia She's face was dark, his lips were blue, and he was lying on the bed trembling. Even if he saw her coming, he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Mrs. Xing timidly said: "Originally, the master was fine, but that day when he was in the house, he was accidentally knocked down by the table, and the old man couldn't call him well. He invited a doctor, but the doctor was useless. It is said that the master is too weak and has taken too much amalgam.

How can the master believe it, beat that quack doctor out, and invited the imperial doctor to come and see..."

Jia's mother asked: "Okay, why did you call the table knocked?"

Mrs. Xing did not dare to answer, and Jia She's aunt and concubine standing in the room trembled even more.

Mother Jia understood a little bit after reading it. Although she was vomited to death, seeing Jia She's appearance was really pitiful, so she held back from scolding him and asked, "What did the imperial doctor say?"

"The imperial doctor was not too different from what the doctor said at the beginning. Seeing that the master didn't listen, he said to prescribe a few medicines...

Who knows that eating a little is not good!
Yesterday I just invited Imperial Physician Wang to my house to have a look, and after seeing it, Wang Imperial Physician also had a serious look on his face, but he came again today, and he said..."

"What did he say, say it quickly!!" Mother Jia thumped her crutches.

"Physician Wang said that the master is weak and weak, and his internal organs are damaged. In addition... his kidneys are exhausted, his energy is declining, and there are many stagnant things in his blood vessels, so that his body is poisoned. Drugs, I use supplements to nourish the body, and there may be room for recovery. Just don’t take those pills that blindly stimulate energy, saying that those pills have side effects. I can't take it anymore."

Mrs. Xing could only briefly describe what the imperial physician had said. In fact, the imperial physician Wang spoke in great detail. He even said that if Jia Amnesty did not concentrate on self-cultivation, it would be as short as one or two months, or as long as half a year, and his life would be in danger. .

(End of this chapter)