Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 93 Fu Has Distant Relatives in the Mountains

The news of Jia Rui's promotion to Minister of the Household Department quickly spread throughout Ningrong Street through these servants and servants.

Naturally, it spread to the ears of Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, the two masters of the Duke's Mansion.

Jia Mu, who was watching Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu playing in the main hall of Rongqing Hall, learned about Jia Rui's promotion to the position of Minister of Household Affairs from the mouth of the maid Yuanyang.

She was taken aback when she heard the news, and then looked at Jia Baoyu who only knew how to play around, with a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

But soon, she put it behind her.

"Did the master and the grand master know?"

"Go back to the old lady, you should know!"

"Then what are they going to do?"

"Old lady, how could a servant girl like me dare to inquire about the matter of the master and the great master?"

Looking at the well-behaved mandarin duck, Jia Mu smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Go and call them both."

"Yes."

Yuanyang retreated.

Jia Baoyu, who was playing around, changed his face when he heard that his father was coming, and then hurriedly stood up and pulled Lin Daiyu to the back.

"What are you doing in such a hurry? Seeing that you fell, the attacker is supporting your master."

A maid with only average appearance but a loyal face quickly stepped forward to support Jia Baoyu.

"Second Master, go slowly."

After a while, brothers Jia Zheng and Jia She entered the main hall of Jia Mu.

The two of them paid greetings to Jia Mu first according to the rules, and then sat on the embroidered piers on both sides at Jia Mu's signal.

"Rui Geer, have you both heard the news there?"

Jia Zheng and Jia She looked at each other, then nodded together.

"I've heard about it."

"Then what are you going to do?"

Jia Amnesty, who was sitting on top of the table, said nonchalantly: "Send someone over to congratulate, just give some gifts."

Jia Mu didn't say anything, but looked at Jia Zheng next to her.

Jia Zheng stroked his three-willow beard and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I recommended Jia Rui to the palace. Besides, he is still a junior. I think it's better to let Baoyu and Jia Lian go over to congratulate him. It's considered a ceremony. "

A smile finally appeared on Jia Mu's face. Jia Zheng's words were much more thoughtful than Jia She's.

"You are right. This is the largest official our family has produced in the past few decades. Although it is only a branch of our Rongguo Mansion, we cannot ignore it."

She agreed with Jia Zheng's words, and then said to the mandarin duck beside her: "Tell Sister Feng to let her go over there and walk around more, and interact with this girl Xue Baochai more."

In fact, Jia's mother looked down upon Xue Baochai, thinking that she was from a low background and that she was too good at pretending to be a girl of her age.

But it's different now, Xue Baochai's wife has become the most precious lady in the entire Jia family besides her because of her husband's dignity.

Being friendly with Xue Baochai at this time would be beneficial to the entire Rongguo Mansion.

In addition, Jia Rui will be in charge of the household department in the future, and the money in his hands is like running water. As long as he shows a little fingertip, it will be enough for Rongguo Mansion for several lifetimes.

Therefore, at this time, it is very important to have a boudoir close friend who is better than Jia Rui's wife Xue Baochai.

This task can only fall on Sister Feng now.

Besides, Sister Feng still doesn't know that Mother Jia has given her another difficult task. She is now in the room and angry with the mother-in-law below.

"I just said a few days ago that the family is in a difficult situation and cannot be like before. But look at it, this kitchen requires 20 taels of silver a day. Is it like eating gold and drinking silver?"

The women below were trembling with fear, and none of them dared to answer.

After a long time, Wang Xifeng's anger was exhausted, so she took a sip of the tea that Ping'er handed over to her.

"Go and tell the kitchen, 15 taels of silver a day, if it exceeds, let her fill it up for me."

The woman below quickly agreed and then left in a mess.

Wang Xifeng rubbed his forehead wearily, then waved his hand to let other people in the room also leave.

Ping'er said at this time: "Grandma, it's useless for you to embarrass them. These masters in the house have never suffered. If this brings trouble to the old lady, wouldn't you be shameless?"

"Then what do you want me to do?"

Wang Xifeng said very angrily: "This year's rent is only half of that of previous years. If we don't save more money, we should all drink the northwest wind."

"Grandma, didn't our second master bring back a lot of money from Yangzhou? Why do we need to save for this?"

Wang Xifeng's face changed when he heard this, and then he hurried out to look around, saw that there was no outsider, and then reached out and tapped Ping'er's forehead fiercely when he came back.

"On weekdays, you seem to be a prudent girl, why don't you keep your mouth shut?"

"Grandma, it's my fault, please forgive me?" Ping'er went forward, took Wang Xifeng's hand and shook it, as if she was acting like a baby.

"Okay, okay, I'll spare you girl." Wang Xifeng was shaken by Ping'er so that the flowers and branches trembled.

Ping'er asked curiously in a low voice: "Grandma, tell me."

"What is there to say? The old lady took the money away as soon as it entered the mansion. It seems that it is going to be used as a dowry for Miss Lin."

When he said this, there was a hint of jealousy in the corners of Wang Xifeng's eyes.

Others may not know the amount of this silver, but Wang Xifeng clearly knows that the total amount of silver is as much as 40 million taels.

Putting so many silver keys in your own hands and operating them yourself will immediately alleviate the Jia family's financial crisis, and within a few years, the Jia family will be able to have food and clothing for a century.

But the old lady is still partial to Baoyu, and even wants to give the money to Lin Daiyu as a dowry. If the two get married in the future, won't the money belong to Baoyu alone?
Wang Xifeng sighed, picked up the account book on the table, flipped through a few pages, and then threw it aside in annoyance.

At this moment, a servant girl's voice sounded outside, "Sister Yuanyang is here."

As soon as Wang Xifeng heard this, she immediately put away her sorrow, and put a smile on her face again.

"It's the mandarin duck, come in quickly."

Following Wang Xifeng's greeting, the door curtain was pulled open, and the mandarin ducks walked in and wished Wang Xifeng a million blessings.

"Greetings to Second Mistress."

"Get up quickly." Wang Xifeng smiled and asked Ping'er to help Yuanyang up.

"You're a busy person, and you don't have to go to the Three Treasures Hall. What's the matter with me this time?"

"Second Grandma, Uncle Rui has been promoted to Minister of Household Affairs. The old lady wants you to have more contact with Grandma Rui."

Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up when he heard this.

I didn't expect this enemy to be really capable. After a short time, he became the Minister of the Household Department?This official position is no worse than her uncle Wang Ziteng.

Wang Xifeng rolled his eyes, feeling happy in his heart.

"Okay, I see, I'll go now."

After hearing this, Yuanyang agreed and said goodbye. After all, Jia Mu had a lot to do and couldn't do without her.

After seeing off the mandarin ducks, Wang Xifeng said to Ping'er: "Get dressed up, let's go take a look."

Wang Xifeng sat in front of the dressing table as she spoke, and Ping'er hurried to wait on her.

After dressing up, Ping'er looked at Wang Xifeng in the mirror and said, "Grandma is getting more and more beautiful. If I were a man, I would also be fascinated by grandma."

Wang Xifeng was happy at first after hearing this, but soon became sad.

"What's the use of being beautiful, if you can't tie the man?"

Ping'er thought Wang Xifeng was talking about Jia Lian.

Because Jia Lian is handsome and belongs to the Duke's mansion, it is no secret that he messes with cats and dogs outside.

So Ping'er didn't know how to persuade Wang Xifeng.

But Wang Xifeng soon became open-minded.

"Don't think about these unpleasant things, let's go, let's go and see the official."

As he spoke, Wang Xifeng stood up and walked out, and Ping'er quickly followed.

Immediately after leaving the door, there were three or four other little maids surrounding him. After coming up, this group of people surrounded Wang Xifeng to the second door, and then got on the sedan chair.

This group of people came out of the side entrance of Rongguo Mansion, and after walking for a room, bypassing an alley, they arrived at the door of Jia Rui's house.

Jia Rui's house was originally owned by Nanny Lai, and Nanny Lai often went to Rongguo Mansion to greet Jia, so his house could not be too far away from Rongguo Mansion.

The arrival of Wang Xifeng made Jia Rui and his family feel strange.

But since he came, he naturally had to treat each other with courtesy, since Jia Rui was a man, it was inconvenient for him to come forward, so Xue Baochai came forward to receive him.

(End of this chapter)