Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 14 Jade Nemesis
  Rongqingtang

Jia Mu hugged Jia Baoyu and sat on the arhat bed, rubbing and comforting her, "My darling! It's easy to beat and scold someone when you're angry, so why bother throwing that life away! You really want to piss me off."

After coaxing for a long time, Baoyu's soul was coaxed back.

"Old lady, my sisters are no longer stubborn with me. Why do I need this jade? I might as well throw it away." Jia Baoyu cried.

"Nonsense, sisters, if you are not as stubborn as you, who is the same?" Jia Mu said, and then asked the reason.

Nanny Li hurriedly added words of jealousy, which made Jia Baoyu even more aggrieved and kept crawling into Jia Mu's arms.

Aunt Xue was also a little embarrassed. After all, it happened at her house. She hurriedly said: "What happened today must be Bao Yatou's fault. When I came, I gave you many instructions, saying that all the sisters are here, and you are my sister." , we must take good care of our brothers and sisters. Unexpectedly, something went wrong. Fortunately, with the blessing of our ancestors, Baoyu's life is fine, otherwise we would really be embarrassed."

Jia Mu waved her hands and said: "Madam, please don't wrongly accuse a good person. Bao Ya has always been sensible and polite. I know that. In the past, the sisters did not play around once or twice. They were all fine. Only this time Brother Cong is here." If something like this happened, it must have been caused by Brother Cong's carelessness."

Mrs. Wang also nodded and consoled her: "What my sister said is too outrageous. Our children don't know the etiquette and caused trouble in Lixiangyuan. Instead, we asked my sister to apologize. How can this make sense? Stop saying that."

"Yes, my aunt is too worried. Who wouldn't say good things about my dear girl's character inside and out, from top to bottom? But you insist on pouring dirty water on my daughter's head. I have never seen you take it so seriously. Damn it, I can’t stand it anymore." Wang Xifeng laughed.

"You're such a scoundrel, you're talking nonsense again, you're throwing dirty water, it's ugly." Jia Mu spat.

Everyone laughed when they saw Jia Mu smiling.
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  But Jia Huan ran home quickly, secretly thinking that the master should be in her mother's room at the moment, so he quietly went under Aunt Zhao's window to eavesdrop, and sure enough, she heard eating, drinking, chatting and laughter coming from inside.

"Master, please try this braised three delicacies, I think it's good enough to eat." Aunt Zhao took a chopstick of the dish and brought it to Jia Zheng's mouth, with a gentle and charming expression and a sweet smile, not even half of her usual aggressive and rough style.

"Well, it's quite fresh and delicious. It's similar to yours." Jia Zheng also kept making flirtatious remarks in the inner room, causing Aunt Zhao to twist her body and refuse to respond.

"Master, please have another drink, and I will tell you a joke."

"Oh? If you don't laugh, I will punish you, hehe."

"The master is here to bully the slave family again." Aunt Zhao was coquettish. At this time, Aunt Zhao was only in her mid-twenties. She was more delicate than a flower and had a coquettish figure. Her coquettish behavior made Jia Zheng a little overwhelmed.

"Ahem, please tell me first."

"It is said that a woman was about to get married. She was very panicked about the couple's affairs. She cried and asked her sister-in-law: 'Who made the ceremony of husband and wife?' The sister-in-law said: 'Gong Zhou'. The woman cursed Duke Zhou endlessly. One month after the marriage, the woman returned home My natal family asked my sister-in-law: 'Where is Duke Zhou?' My sister-in-law said: 'He is an ancient man, what should I do to find him?' The woman said: 'I want to make a pair of shoes to thank him.'"

Poof, Jia Zheng laughed, hugged Aunt Zhao and was about to show her affection when he suddenly heard a "chi" from outside the window.

Jia Zheng was stunned, but Aunt Zhao was already furious. She stepped in and shouted: "Brother Huan, you are such a bastard! Get out of here before I can."

With a bang, Jia Huan trotted in. Seeing Jia Zheng take his head, he bowed and said, "Master, hurry up and save brother Cong. Baoyu has done something wrong again."

"What happened? Come along one by one." Jia Zheng asked hurriedly after hearing that Baoyu and Jia Cong were involved.

At the moment, Jia Huan and Grandma Li also "processed" things as if they had a tacit understanding, but in the opposite direction. How did everyone invite Jia Cong to host, how did they eat wine and write poems, and Jia Baoyu fell to the ground because Jia Cong stole the limelight. Jade explained the process of pretending to be crazy, during which she naturally took it off gently, as if Jia Baoyu was performing a one-man show.

Jia Zheng didn't hear the famous poem and asked, "What poem did Brother Cong write?"

Jia Huan said.

Jia Zheng threw the tea cup to the ground and said bitterly: "This beast used to look gentle and polite, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a jealous, narrow-minded, despicable villain!"

After saying that, he walked to Jia Mu's room with a livid face. Jia Huan ignored Aunt Zhao's call and followed Jia Zheng with a snicker. Baoyu, let's see how you die this time.
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  The curtain at the entrance of Rongqing Hall suddenly opened, and a group of people filed in. The laughter in the room subsided, and it seemed a bit solemn, but it seemed a bit like a court trial.

Jia Cong came in first and saw that the Rongqing Hall was brightly lit and full of pearls, and several important female relatives in the house were there. He didn't care. He walked to the middle and kowtowed to Jia's mother, saying: "To the old lady, madam, aunt, second wife, and so on." Greetings, sister-in-law."

Then all the girls also gave blessings together.

Jia Mu didn't even look at him. She just waved her hands and said, "Girls, please sit down." She left Jia Cong there to dry.

Jia Cong looked at Jia Baoyu huddled in Jia Mu's arms like a mangy dog, and sighed in his heart. Once upon a time, his grandmother was so doting on him.

"Brother Cong, let me ask you, how did you bully Baoyu? Do you think that you can be lawless after receiving the dream from the great master? Let me tell you, let alone the dream from the great master, even if the Jade Emperor and the Tathagata Buddha gave you the dream, you can't even think about it Go past Baoyu!" Jia Mu scolded, glaring at Jia Cong on the ground.

"Old lady, calm down. What happened today is all because of me. I accidentally bumped into Baoyu. Please punish me, old lady." Jia Cong knew that Rongqing Hall was not a reasonable place, and the person opposite was not a reasonable person either. , simply took it all in, and simply accepted it.

After all, I have been a human being in two lifetimes, and my mind has already matured, and I am not as naive as a child to want to defend anything. I once saw a saying in my previous life: Mature people will live humbly for their ideals. I didn't expect it to happen to me today.

Jia Baoyu felt relieved when he saw Jia Cong being such a bachelor.

When Jia Mu saw that he had no excuse, she was surprised. The prepared words had no place, and she couldn't help but feel suffocated.

Mrs. Wang just looked at him indifferently, neither reprimanding nor explaining, like a Bodhisattva carved from clay and wood.

Aunt Xue turned to look at Baochai who wanted to speak, and winked at her. Baochai lowered his head sadly and wrapped the handkerchief around and around.

Wang Xifeng spoke at the right time and said: "Brother Cong, you are too restless. Qian'er, you can tell me that I want to live here in my dream. How will the old lady treat you? She also ordered me to prepare the yard for you, and she also gave me the hand. The top-notch girl didn't give the gem to you, but gave it to you, and then asked you to use it to be as good as the ring. What else do you want? Why are you acting like a monster today? It shows that people's hearts are not enough, so the old lady said All your good intentions were in vain.”

Jia Cong secretly sighed in his heart. Sister Feng was indeed very eloquent and her words were well-founded. He directly characterized himself as an ungrateful and rebellious villain. In his previous life, he admired Sister Feng's decisive, aggressive and strong style after watching Dream of Red Mansions. , I didn’t expect that it would fall on me now. However, he felt relieved. Based on his relationship with Sister Feng, she would not be Sister Feng if she didn't add insult to injury.

After hearing these words, Jia's mother's face turned cold obviously, and Mrs. Wang's face became even more stern. She would never tolerate anyone harming Jia Baoyu.

Jia Cong said hurriedly: "Sister-in-law Feng is serious. As the saying goes, teeth and tongues are still fighting, let alone two brothers? The old lady knows it well. Cong has always respected Baoyu's character. How could he mean to offend. This Since there was a rift between Fan and Cong, he invited himself to go to Zhuangzi outside the city to study and practice martial arts, so as not to disturb the sisters' fun at home and make the elders angry, so he asked the old lady and his wife for permission."

What he fears most now is that he will be sent back to the East Road Courtyard. Since he has offended Jia She to death, if he is not beaten to death when he returns, he will be imprisoned until death. How can he stand out. It would be better to go and hide outside the city, out of sight and out of mind. It doesn't take long, just a year and a half. When I have first developed my kung fu, if someone wants to suppress me, I can at least get angry and kill his mother to make a river of blood. Just rely on the useless servant in the house. Can you stop yourself? Even if he ends up being a gangster, it is better than being buried in the broken ship of the Jia family.

Thinking of this, he squeezed the banknotes in his sleeves. This was his only support now.

Seeing that he spoke pitifully, the girls all looked away with red eyes, unable to bear to look at him. They knew that Jia Cong had been greatly wronged, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Baochai's nose felt sore and she almost shed tears. She quickly closed her eyes and pressed her soft lips tightly. Brother Cong is really pitiful and has such backbone, which makes people feel pity and respect for him. Jia Cong's words are actually tantamount to announcing that he will give up the inheritance rights of all the property in the house and leave the house to live on his own as early as possible.

Lin Daiyu's ice-like big eyes also dimmed, and she said she had a clever plan. Is hiding on Zhuangzi your clever plan?

Sister Feng smiled silently, let's see how proud you can be.

Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang's hearts moved. Jia Cong said that they couldn't be more harsh on this matter.

Mother Jia looked at the precious jade in her arms and hesitated in her heart. If such an older grandson was sent to Zhuangzi, wouldn't it spread to other wealthy families and make them laugh at the Jia family's bad family tradition and lack of respect for their elders? Compassion and cruelty to the bastard?
  Suddenly, I heard an angry shout from outside the door: "This is unreasonable!"

Jia Baoyu trembled.

(End of this chapter)