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Chapter 4757 [Second Sister You]

As for Xiang Nan's discipline of the maids, both Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang agreed.

In their opinion, these maids should also be properly disciplined. No matter how unpopular Jia Huan and Aunt Zhao were, they were still masters and could not be bullied by the maids.

They were so arrogant that they deceived Jia Huan and beat up Aunt Zhao. They were really rebellious.

If Xiang Nan had not given them a good lesson, Mrs. Wang would have wanted to expel them from the garden to prevent them from being willful and naughty and causing more trouble.

Afterwards, Xiangyun, Baochai, Daiyu, Baoqin and others also strengthened the teaching and restraint of the little actors under their names, and began to let them learn etiquette, social skills, knitting, women's needlework, sweeping the house and other skills, so as to prevent them from being arrogant again.

……

By April, Jia Jing's funeral was over, and Old Lady You was about to leave with Second Sister You and Third Sister You.

Jia Zhen and Jia Rong were fine, but Jia Lian was obsessed with his adultery and really couldn't bear to leave You Erjie. He just wanted to stay with her forever, so he ran to discuss with Jia Zhen.

"This is not easy to handle." Jia Zhen was a little embarrassed after hearing this. "Although the You family has long been in decline, and Old Lady You has lost her dignity, it is not enough to just give money. Even if you let them stay, it won't work if it's so unclear. There should still be a status."

Although the You family was already in decline, and You Erjie had already lost her virginity, and You Lao Niang didn't care, the You family was an official family after all, and they couldn't stay in the capital without knowing why, and be treated as secret agents and come and go at will.

"I know that, but I can't marry a concubine, and I can't keep a mistress. What should I do?" Jia Lian said in embarrassment.

Now that the imperial concubine in the palace had just died, he, as a subject, had to observe mourning for the country and could not marry within a year. Jia Jing was also his elder, so logically he should also observe mourning.

With two layers of filial piety to the country and another layer of filial piety to his family, this was not the time for him to plan on getting a concubine.

Moreover, although the You family is now in decline, Old Man You was once an official. Although You Erjie is not his biological daughter, she is at least born into an official family. Such a family is not suitable for being someone's concubine.

So in the book, Jia Lian deceived and coaxed You Erjie into marrying him as a "second wife", letting Jia Zhen be the protector and Jia Rong be the witness. He secretly placed her outside the Rongguo Mansion and promised her that he would make her his principal wife immediately once Wang Xifeng died.

But he didn't dare to do so this time, because he had signed on the parchment. If anyone dared to keep a concubine, the words would be engraved on his forehead, and he would not be able to hide it.

"In that case, let's think of a more cruel method." Jia Zhen thought for a moment and said to Jia Lian.

"What method? Please teach me quickly." Jia Lian asked hurriedly.

"I know my second sister has been engaged. When Old Man You was still alive, he had arranged for her to be married to the son of a head of a royal grain farm, whose name seemed to be Zhang Hua.

However, the Zhang family lost the lawsuit and their financial situation has long since declined. Zhang Hua is also a good-for-nothing who only knows how to eat, drink, have fun, and play cockfighting and running dogs, so he was kicked out of the house by his parents and now only hangs out in gambling houses.

It would be better to marry my second sister to him, and then give him some money so that he would turn a blind eye. Do you think such a scoundrel would care about being a cuckold as long as he has money in his hands? "Jia Zhen said immediately.

"It's a good idea, but it's unfair to my second sister." Jia Lian thought for a while and said.

"Since you pity her, you can visit her more often on weekdays." Jia Zhen said with a smile.

"Will Zhang Hua take advantage of this opportunity?" Jia Lian asked worriedly again.

"What are you afraid of? Send someone to protect my second sister. A scoundrel like Zhang Hua, how dare he mess with you and me?" Jia Zhen sneered, "Or maybe you are really tired of him, find some crime and kill him."

"There's no need to kill him. I'll find someone to look after your second sister." Jia Lian waved his hand and said, "I'm just worried that your second sister won't agree. After all, you're husband and wife in name only." "Although you're husband and wife in name only, you're not really husband and wife. Besides, since old man You died, the You family has been relying on me for support. How can she object?" Jia Zhen said disdainfully.

After the death of Old Man You, the You family had already fallen into decline. Old Lady You and her three children relied on Jia Zhen to give them money to maintain a comfortable life. Otherwise, they would have been penniless long ago.

That is why You Erjie fell for Jia Zhen's trick. It was not because she was born fickle, but because she had to bow her head under someone else's roof.

Therefore, Jia Zhen was 100% sure that the You family would not dare to disobey his arrangements.

"Forget it. Although this incident has wronged her, I will just love her more in the future." Jia Lian nodded.

……

Later, under Jia Zhen's arrangement, this matter was indeed accomplished.

In fact, Old Lady You, Second Sister You, and Third Sister You all disagreed with this bad idea.

After all, no matter how nominally she is, You Erjie is still Zhang Hua's wife in name, which is disgusting enough.

What's more, the relationship between You Erjie and Jia Lian becomes unclear and unclear.

You Erjie is young and beautiful now, and perhaps she can still attract Jia Lian for a while.

As she got older, her beauty faded and Jia Lian no longer liked her, so he simply stopped seeing her. What should You Erjie do? Should she spend her days with Zhang Hua, a deadbeat?

But the arm is not as powerful as the leg. Now the You family depends entirely on Jia Zhen for support. Without his support, the You family, mother and daughter, can't even afford to eat coarse food, let alone a comfortable life.

Therefore, You Erjie finally married Zhang Hua and then settled in the capital.

The house was provided by Jia Lian, a two-courtyard house with 20 rooms, only two miles away from Rongguo Mansion. In addition, he bought new maids to serve Old Lady You and her three children, and gave them 15 taels of silver every month to live on.

Although Zhang Hua became a cuckold, he earned a large sum of money, which allowed him to continue cockfighting and running errands, so he didn't care.

From then on, he was away from home all day long, hanging out in the gambling house, allowing Jia Lian, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and others to come and go freely.

Jia Lian was afraid that he would be a toad wanting to eat swan meat, so he sent the cook Bao Er and his family to live there. He was responsible for buying vegetables and cooking, and also for watching Zhang Hua, not allowing him to go to the backyard.

I would often go there to hang out from time to time and completely treat it as my second home.

Because Jia Lian is often out on business, and recently he has to deal with the renovation of the Prince's Mansion and the funeral of the old concubine in the palace, many things also need Jia Lian to take care of.

So he was away from home from time to time, and Wang Xifeng didn't notice anything wrong.

Xiang Nan was renovating the garden with Jia Lian, and he noticed what was going on between him and You Erjie, but he didn't say anything about it.

Firstly, You Erjie's tragic fate had been sealed since her father's death. She would either be played around by Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, and Jia Rong, or marry the rogue Zhang Hua, and no one could change that.

Secondly, it was good enough for You Erjie to follow Jia Lian. Although Jia Lian was also a shameless man, he still had some true feelings for You Erjie, which was much better than Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and Zhang Hua.

Besides, the matter was already settled, so what could he do even if he tried to intervene? He might as well just pretend that he didn't know about it.