Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 416 suddenly enlightened

This meal is beyond words.

The two brothers from the Shi family were originally very ambitious, and they felt that with the support of their uncle Jia Lian, Lai Shangrong would definitely give him a little favor, and they would be able to succeed immediately.

Unexpectedly, Jia Lian didn't say a word of help.

I came here in excitement, but this result turned out to be a bit disappointing.

But vaguely, there was some clue, but he didn't know what the other party was thinking, so he could only feel depressed and lower his head in thought.

Jia Lian, on the other hand, faced Wang Xifeng's repeated visits to inspect the progress of the banquet. While secretly scolding Wang Xifeng for being a playboy, he was worried that his family's scandal would be exposed, and he seemed a little absent-minded.

This situation also left Lai Shangrong with nothing to do. He repeatedly made insinuations, but the Shi brothers seemed to have wooden heads.

After the meal, everyone came to the courtyard with their own motives. Lai Shangrong cupped his hands and said, "I won't send the two uncles away. Brother Lian will send the uncle away. Let's come back to discuss it."

Seeing that the two brothers of the Shi family could not be carved out of rotten wood, he planned to ask Jia Lian to make suggestions for them, so he proposed to let him come back for discussion.

Although Jia Lian recognized the hat on his head, he only stayed at home and did not want to make the whole city know. This was what he was most worried about. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly agreed: "Hey! Hey! Shang Rong is here Wait a minute!"

The Shi brothers only thought that he wanted to inquire about the economic situation of Rong Mansion so that they could decide on the shareholding ratio.

Quickly tentatively said: "This matter of investing in shares is not in a hurry, right?"

Lai Shangrong secretly thought that the two of them were not stupid, and it seemed that things could turn around.

He said calmly: "It's really not too urgent. After paying the account department, there will be more than [-] yuan more. I will invite Xiu Mu in a few days and go to Xue's house to discuss it before deciding!"

The two of them said no more after hearing this and followed Jia Lian out of the yard.

They were not in a hurry to communicate with each other on the way, but tried to test Jia Lian: "The Xing family is also your uncle after all. I remember that Shang Rong was just a doctor in a state-owned company at that time. Why did you promise your daughter to him as a concubine?"

Perhaps it was because the Shi brothers knew Jia She's character very well, or they knew that they had not been able to help, so they apologized, and Jia Lian did not hide it for Jia She.

Jia She was greedy for money and intended to betroth Yingchun. Later, due to Jia's mother's objection, he retreated to the next best thing and gave Xing Xiuyan to Lai Shangrong as a concubine, and defrauded the shares of the rubber factory.

"Oh? Then the Xing family's house and shares combined, wouldn't it be..."

When the two brothers said this, they immediately stopped and continued: "What's going on with the Xue family? I remember that this girl's marriage to the Mei Hanlin family was widely rumored at first. Why did she become Shang Rong's concubine?"

"This was done by the second wife. It seems to be the palace empress's idea. Now Xue Biao is also working for Shang Rong and is in charge of the huge business in the capital!"

Upon hearing this, the two brothers looked at each other and said nothing more.

Arriving at the corner gate of Rong Mansion, the two said goodbye to Jia Lian. They did not rush to get in the car, but came to the corridor in unison.

"we……"

"we……"

"You speak first……"

"You speak first……"

The two nodded and said in unison again: "Yun'er!"

Seeing that the other person thinks the same as me, I no longer have any worries.

Shi Nai said: "How can the Xing family and the Xue family be compared with our family! Since he takes a girl from the Xing family as a concubine, he is willing to spend 3000 taels of silver. Yun'er has to double it no matter what, right?"

Shi Ding said: "At that time, he was not well-known. He was just a doctor in the state-owned department. Now he is not only the minister of the household department, but also works in the state-owned department and the ministry of industry. I'm afraid..."

Then the conversation changed: "But Yun'er is different from them, no matter what, we have to let him bleed."

The two discussed for a long time, but they still couldn't decide. They were worried that they would suffer a loss, and they were also worried that the price would be too high, which would be counterproductive.

"How about we make it clear and let him set his own price?"

"It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate! You have no choice but to make Yun'er your concubine. If you go to the house to bargain in person, won't you let others talk?"

"How about we find a middle-aged man to help negotiate a deal?"

Speaking of this, the two brothers glanced at Rong Mansion and said in unison: "Lian Er!"

As soon as I said the words, I couldn't help but regret it. If I had figured this out earlier, I would have told Jia Lian on the way, and there would be no need to wait until tomorrow. He would just go back and help negotiate an agreement.

Now, it's not that Jia Lian can't come to the door when he comes home, but Lai Shangrong hasn't left yet, isn't he hiding his ears and stealing the bell?
Thinking of this, we could only get in the car and plan to find Jia Lian tomorrow.

They didn't know that instead of going home, Jia Lian was only separated from them by a wall.Although Lai Shangrong said he was waiting for him at home, Jia Lian only took it as a cover-up for him.

Yes, he had been manipulated by Lai Shangrong. Instead of daring to complain, he felt that Lai Shangrong was helping him cover up his family scandal.

I have to say that I have achieved the ultimate goal of shrinking my head.

I originally thought that I would send the two historians out of the house and wait for a while before slipping away. Unexpectedly, I just walked to the door and found that their carriage was still there.

He quickly retracted his head, then braced himself and heard whispers coming from outside the wall.

Although I didn't hear the full version, I heard everything about their plans.

After hearing the two men's plans, Jia Lian suddenly felt enlightened, as if he had opened up the two channels of Ren and Du, and understood what had happened.

No wonder Lai Shangrong said last time that he would do his part, but today he suddenly changed his mind and mentioned the Xue family many times.

How similar is the relationship between Aunt Xue and Xue Baoqin to Shi Jia and Shi Xiangyun?

He actually failed to understand the true meaning and almost missed an opportunity to show off his merits.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly turned around and walked towards the second door.

But halfway through, he suddenly stopped and murmured: "Forget it! It wouldn't be nice if I disturb Shang Rong while I'm here. I'd better report it tomorrow morning!"

However, although he couldn't bear to disturb Lai Shangrong's good deeds, he made Lai Shangrong wait in vain.

Considering that he still had to wait for Jia Lian to come back and give instructions, he did not rush back to the room with Wang Xifeng, but returned to the side hall.

Seeing this, Wang Xifeng thought he wanted to change something, so he hurriedly followed in.

Seeing Lai Shangrong leaning back on the chair with his eyes closed, he twisted his waist and swung his hips to come in front of him, and slowly sat down firmly.

Lai Shangrong originally didn't want to overly irritate Jia Lian, so he waited for him in the side hall, but at this moment, Ruan Yuxiang was pregnant and couldn't bear to push Wang Xifeng away.

He had no choice but to tell the outside world: "Remember to report when Jia Lian is here!"

"Is Shang Rong waiting for him?" Wang Xifeng heard this and immediately stopped moving.

"Well! I still have something to explain!"

While wrapping his arms around Wang Xifeng's waist, he changed the topic and said: "The Zhen family is currently under investigation. If you come to visit, you must not agree to anything."

As for Shi Xiangyun's plot, it wasn't that he couldn't tell Wang Xifeng, but the method was not very honorable and he felt it would damage his image, so it was better to keep it a secret.

She had no choice but to find something to say. Thinking of the Zhen family being investigated, she used this to distract Wang Xifeng so that she would not delve into what she had to explain to Jia Lian.

"The Zhen family has actually been investigated?" Wang Xifeng was indeed distracted and exclaimed: "Fortunately, Shang Rong did not agree to the marriage, which saved a lot of trouble."

Lai Shangrong thought that the emperor intended to grant the marriage, and he was convinced, but he said: "His family is just a bunch of people selling their official positions, and they are involved in economic lawsuits with officials, so there will be no trouble."

Although he didn't want to show cowardice by saying this, it was not a lie.

The Zhen family is somewhat similar to the Rong family, in that the Yin in the family is strong and the Yang is weak.

In addition to making friends with officials and making some money that shouldn't be earned, Zhen Yingjia was almost as much as Jia Zheng.

Although he was also involved in several life-threatening lawsuits, he was not the main culprit under direct command and could only be regarded as passively taking the blame.

However, how did Wang Xifeng know this? The Zhen family was even worse than the Jia family in its heyday, and he preconceived the idea that the case that could bring down the Zhen family must be too small.

However, Lai Shangrong could not take it seriously, which immediately brought back the memory of Ning Mansion's raids and executions.

I thought that if I hadn't boarded Lai Shangrong's ship in time, I'm afraid it would have been bad, and the situation would not be the same as it is today.

He said flatteringly: "It's been so long, why haven't you come yet? Did the uncle say yes?"

As he spoke, he seemed to feel uncomfortable and shy.

When she said this, Lai Shangrong was also a little confused. After calculating the time, two round trips were enough.

"He was clearly asked to come back to discuss things after seeing off the people. Could it be that something delayed him?"

Wang Xifeng chuckled, becoming more and more unscrupulous, and said with a charming look: "Relax, sir, but he must think that it is an excuse left by the uncle, and he is afraid that he does not dare to come and disturb us!"

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(End of this chapter)