Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 57 The Incident
On this day, Nanny Lai just came back from Jiamu's place, and she was sitting in the big garden of her home enjoying the scenery.

It can be said that Aunt Lai is also very capable. Thanks to her relationship with her mother's personal maid, in just a few decades, she built a big house in Beijing and became an old lady. She lived, sat and slept. It turns out to be similar to Jia Mu.

As for her two sons, one is the chief steward in Rongguo Mansion, and the other is the chief steward in Ningguo Mansion.

The money in their family's warehouse now is probably more than that in the Rongguo Mansion's warehouse.

Speaking of which, she is also a winner in life.

In addition to these two sons, her grandson Lai Shangrong is also considered up-to-date.

This grandson has been good at studying since he was a child, and was nurtured by Madam Lai, and the family invited a private school teacher to teach him personally.

However, in order to maintain his own identity, Lai Shangrong was still allowed to study in the Jia family school, so as not to let others gossip.

From this point of view, she has a happy life.

Just when she was thinking about the smoothness of her life and the happiness of her family, a little maid at home ran over like crazy.

"Old lady, old lady, something happened to me."

As soon as Nanny Lai heard this, she immediately stood up from her chair and looked at the little maid seriously.

"A dog cannot spit out ivory from his mouth, yet he dares to curse his master."

When the little maid heard this, she shivered in fright and immediately fell to her knees, "Old lady, I don't dare anymore. I don't dare anymore. Please spare your life."

That's what Grandma Lai actually said. She always pays attention to her identity. Although she can dominate at home, if she really kills someone, if word spreads, she will not be able to get away with it.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"Old lady, the uncle's personal servant came back to report that the uncle was taken away by the people in the yamen."

The "uncle" she is talking about here is Lai Shangrong, Lai Mammy's precious grandson.

Aunt Lai frowned and calmed down.

Although my grandson is a good student, he has made some unscrupulous friends, and he may have been implicated by these people.

Besides, as long as he begs Mother Jia for this kind of thing and asks Rongguo Mansion to pass a post to the Yamen, his grandson will come back in good condition.

After thinking of this, she said calmly: "What big deal do I think it is? You don't have to worry. I will go to the old lady in Xifu tomorrow to beg you. It's just a post. What's the fuss?"

After saying that, she sent the maid away.

She planned to enter Rongguo Mansion again tomorrow and asked Jia Mu to settle the matter.

As for why you don’t go now?That's because she wants her grandson to have a better memory, so that he doesn't lose track of it every day.

In the evening, Grandma Lai's eldest son Lai Da came back and learned about his son's arrest by the Yamen. However, he had similar thoughts to Grandma Lai and didn't take it to heart.

The next day, Grandma Lai got up early, had breakfast, and then tidied up. She took off all the expensive jewelry on her body and only brought some ordinary ones.

In this way, she walked out of the door and was carried directly by the sedan chair to Rongguo Mansion.

Aunt Lai has a lot of reputation in Rongguo Mansion, so she entered Rongguo Mansion directly through the side door without any notification, then got off the sedan and walked around to the inner house.

After arriving here, she became more cautious, and then came to Jia Mu's Rongqing Hall.

After the maid informed him, he entered the inner hall.

At this time, Jia Mu was joking with some girls at home and her grandson-in-law Wang Xifeng.

Mammy Lai didn't dare to disturb Jia Mu's elegant mood, so she took the hot tea from a little maid next to her, then slipped to Jia Mu's side, and offered her the fragrant tea.

Seeing that it was Nanny Lai, Mother Jia didn't care about her maidservant for many years, so she took a sip of tea.

Just as he was thinking about continuing to talk to Wang Xifeng and others, he suddenly noticed that Grandma Lai had a sad face.

So Jia Mu asked casually, "What happened today? Who made you angry?"

After Mammy Lai heard this, her eye circles turned red immediately, and she immediately fell to her knees.

"Old lady, you have to save our family!"

Jia Mu also stopped smiling after hearing this, and handed the teacup in her hand to Yuanyang next to her.

Then he said to Wang Xifeng: "Hurry up and help Grandma Lai get up."

Wang Xifeng was very tired in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he smiled and stepped forward to help Nanny Lai.

"Mama Lai, what is there to worry about? With the old lady around, the sky still won't fall."

With Wang Xifeng on the steps, Grandma Lai stood up while sobbing.

"What's going on? To be honest." Mother Jia asked again.

"Old lady, our family's sky is falling. My grandson Lai Shangrong was arrested by the government for no reason. You also know about my small family, but you don't have the knowledge to recognize people, so I can only ask you, old lady. Here it comes.”

Mother Jia was also surprised. In her impression, Lai Shangrong was pretty good. He often went out to play with Baoyu and took good care of Baoyu.

"What's wrong with him?"

"I don't know either! It has no beginning and no end, and suddenly someone was arrested."

Jia Mu leaned back, and the mandarin duck next to her hurriedly put the pillow behind Jia Mu.

"Girl Feng, take your master's post and go to Shuntian Mansion to ask what's going on? If it's not a serious matter, let them let me go for my sake."

Jia's mother's status is not low, she is the first wife of Duke Xianrong, even now she is the imperial order of Chaopin.

Although the Jia family is now in decline, some yamen in Beijing still want to give Jia's mother some face.

Wang Xifeng agreed, and then withdrew.

As soon as she left Jia Mu's yard, her face changed.

"A shameless person can use our Jia family's posts. She really thinks she is an old lady from the Jia family."

Wang Xifeng was actually very dissatisfied with Aunt Lai and her son Lai Da.

There are also entanglements of interests involved.

Wang Xifeng is now the housekeeper of the Jia family, but a lot of the power is held by Lai Da, making it difficult for her to use it.

What's more important is that many lucrative businesses and opportunities are controlled by the Lai family, and those lucrative deals cannot fall into her hands.

However, for the sake of the old lady, everyone endured it for the time being, just waiting for the old lady to be gone before taking action to rectify the situation.

Nanny Lai also seemed to see the crisis, so when Lai Shangrong was born, she pleaded with the old lady and released Lai Shangrong.

In this way, even if the Lai family is liquidated by the Jia family in the future, Lai Shangrong can still maintain his glory as a free man.

Although Wang Xifeng was unhappy, she dared not disrespect Jia Mu's words.

Therefore, after returning to his small courtyard, he asked his personal maid Ping'er to go to Jia She in the east courtyard and ask for a post.

Afterwards, he ordered a rather clever servant to go to Shuntian Mansion with the post.

Originally, Wang Xifeng thought that with Jia She's post and Jia Mu's face, Shuntian Prefecture Yin would also give some face, and Lai Shangrong would be taken back soon.

However, the outcome of the matter was disappointing. The boy who came back reported to Wang Xifeng that Shuntian Mansion did not arrest this person at all.

At this time, Wang Xifeng was a little anxious.

There are too many yamen in Beijing, but Wang Xifeng thinks that a small person like Lai Xiangrong can't do anything big, at most Shuntian Mansion will take him.

If Shuntian Mansion didn't take the person, then other important yamen did.

In this way, it is not something that can save the Jia family's face now.

Moreover, whether to take Lai Shangrong back or not is still a trivial matter, if because of this incident, the Jia family has a powerful enemy, it will be a big matter.

After thinking of this, Wang Xifeng could no longer sit still. She immediately stood up and took her maid Ping'er with her and hurried straight to Jia Mu's place.

(End of this chapter)