Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 253: Zhou Ruijia: Second Master, lie down.

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"Second Master, calm down. Baoyu has been like that since he was a child. You know that. Is there any need to be so angry?" Sister Feng comforted him while rubbing Jia Lian's chest with her delicate hands to calm him down.

Jia Lian gritted his teeth and said angrily: "It's all because of the old lady and Crazy Wang. If our master was in charge, he would have been beaten to death long ago!"

"They spoiled them, why should you be angry, Second Master? When the old lady finds out, she might call you over and give you a lecture." Fengjie said worriedly.

Jia Lian waved his hand calmly: "If you want to lecture me, there are naturally the master and uncle Jing. It's ok for the old lady to control the women in the inner house, but can she control the masters?"

"Besides, after the 15th, I will go to Southeast Asia to be an official. The emperor is far away and I am not afraid of him, so why should I be afraid of an old lady?"

Sister Feng: "..."

"Second Master, you can't say that! It's so scary."

"Hey, I made a mistake."

"Let's go back to the room and continue."

"I hate it!"

……

Jia Baoyu did not go to the old lady to complain.

Although he doesn't like reading and is useless.

But he is not the kind of person to stir up trouble.

When brothers fight, everyone will laugh at them if the news gets out.

"Second Master, what's wrong with you?"

Xiren looked at the dirty Da Baoyu in surprise.

Baoyu said awkwardly, "It's nothing. I just fell down accidentally in front of me and I'm a little dirty."

Xiren looked at the big shoe prints on Baoyu's body and was speechless.

Is this a fall on someone's feet?
Although Jia Baoyu's status in the mansion is not very good, he is often ridiculed by the old women and wives as "Bao Er Fool".

But it is absolutely impossible to kick him blatantly.

Unless you don’t want to live anymore.

Could it be... Master?

Xiren didn't dare to ask more questions and pulled Baoyu into the house, intending to change Baoyu into clean clothes.

By chance, Zhou Rui's wife was also in the room, sitting on Baoyu's bed doing needlework.

"Hey, what happened to Second Master?"

Zhou Ruijia hurriedly raised her buttocks, put down her needle and thread, and walked forward to hold Baoyu tightly.

"Come quickly, I will help you change your clothes."

"Xiren, please go out first."

Xiren: "..."

Baoyu hurriedly shook his head: "Sister Zhou, I don't want it."

Zhou Ruijia laughed and said, "What do you mean by no? Second Master, be obedient. Our wife told me the other day that she wanted me to serve you well."

Baoyu: "But..."

Zhou Ruijia: "Come quickly, don't worry."

Baoyu: "My waist hurts, I can't..."

Zhou Ruijia: "Okay, let me do it, Second Master, just lie down."

Baoyu: "..."

……

After serving Baoyu carefully, Zhou Rui's wife straightened her clothes, smiled, and went out with satisfaction.

Xiren had been waiting outside, and felt a little disgusted when she saw Zhou Ruijia enjoying herself.

"What are you looking at, little bastard?" Zhou Ruijia sneered, "I am doing things according to the wishes of the eldest wife. If you dare to talk nonsense to others, be careful that the eldest wife will punish you!"

Xiren immediately lowered her head.

It was really easy for Mrs. Xing to take care of a maid.

The maids who originally worked in Baoyu's room, including Sheyue, Qiu Wen, Xiaohong, etc., had all gone away. Only because she was the old lady's person, Mrs. Xing did not move.

Otherwise, he would have been dragged out to be paired with that boy long ago.

Now she can't go home even if she wants to.

Because Mrs. Xing won't let her go easily.

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This severely frightened Xiren, and Zhou Rui's wife ran to Lady Wang's small Buddhist temple to claim credit.

"Madam, don't worry. I have been serving Baoyu personally recently. I have kept out all the people arranged by the eldest lady."

Mrs. Wang, with her white hair, smiled and nodded, and said to Mrs. Zhou Rui, "I feel relieved to have you serving Baoyu."

"My brother Wang Ziteng has won the battle and will soon return to the capital to be conferred an imperial title. Who would dare to do anything to me then? They will have to come and ask me to leave the temple in person."

"That is, that is."

Zhou Ruijia nodded frequently.

But in his heart, he thought: Although Wang Ziteng is powerful, he is still far from being as powerful as the master of the East Palace. After all, even the old lady was scared to death by the master. Although Monkey King can jump, can he jump out of the palm of the Buddha's hand?

It will be suppressed sooner or later.

I'd better listen to Mrs. Xing obediently, so that I can live a more comfortable life.

After all, the good job of "serving Baoyu" is not easy to come by.

She really didn't want to clean the toilet.

"The eldest lady is really stingy. She only gives Master Bao one or two taels of silver as a monthly allowance. Master Bao's clothes are all old." Zhou Rui's wife said carefully in Mrs. Wang's ear.

"Humph!"

Madam Wang sneered, "I already knew that she was a nobody and not worthy of being the mistress of the Duke's Mansion."

"Even if I succeed, it's still a joke."

"There is a bundle in the kitchen behind me. Go in and get twenty taels of silver to make new clothes for Baoyu."

"Hey!"

Zhou Ruijia hurriedly agreed, feeling very happy.

She knew that Mrs. Wang still had money.

Holding the twenty taels of silver, Zhou Ruijia went out happily and ran to Mrs. Xing's yard to ask for credit.

"Madam, I will take good care of Baoyu, so you can rest assured."

Mrs. Xing smiled and nodded: "It seems that you like this job very much. I didn't make a mistake in choosing you."

Mrs. Zhou Rui hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you, Madam. I will do my best to serve Master Bao in the future."

Xing Xiuyan was standing nearby and felt like vomiting after hearing what she heard.

So disgusting!

Seeing her eldest niece's unhappy face, Mrs. Xing waved her hand and said, "Go down. Do your job well, and you will get some benefits."

"Yes Yes."

Zhou Ruijia hurriedly bowed.

Mrs. Xing waved her hand.

Wang Shanbao's wife immediately understood and went inside to give Zhou Rui's wife a hundred copper coins.

"Take it. It's a gift from the madam."

Zhou Ruijia's 'great joy': "Thank you, Madam!"

Heart Road:

It's only a hundred bucks. I'm really stingy with you.
Things that don’t fit on the table.

On the one hand, he was happy, but on the other hand, he cursed secretly in his heart.
Zhou Ruijia slowly retreated.

"Xiu Yan, I asked you to pay your respects to your second brother Lian the other day. Did you go?" Mrs. Xing took a sip of tea and said in a light voice.

Xing Xiuyan said: "I went..."

“I just didn’t see anyone.”

Madam Xing asked, "What did you do?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "I talked to Lian's second sister-in-law over there for a while."

"Humph, that traitor, if the Wang family hadn't fallen, who knows what would have happened to her now. Don't bother with her in the future."

"I know, aunt."

Xing Xiuyan knew that her aunt hated anyone with the surname Wang.

Of course, my daughter-in-law Fengjie was among them.

But Feng Ji was not someone who could be easily bullied. She had gradually held on and, with the help of Lady Jia, she began to compete with Lady Xing.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will continue to fight in the future.

She didn't want to get involved.

……

The residence of Prime Minister Ye.

Everyone gathered together to discuss how to reward the victorious Northwestern Army.

This was originally decided a long time ago, and I am just repeating it here today to bring up the topic.

"I heard that Lord Jia is planning to arrange for his nephew to be a county magistrate in Nanyang. Prime Minister Ye, do you think there is some conspiracy behind this?"

Ye Xiang thought for a moment and said calmly, "It's not a conspiracy. As you know, Nanyang has frequent trade with Westerners and makes a lot of money. Lord Jia has set his sights on the profits from that business."

"Last year, Lin Ruhai fought a great war with the Westerners, just to completely control the maritime trade in Southeast Asia."

Everyone was stunned.

"I see."

"Prime Minister Ye has a keen eye!"

When some people heard that maritime trade was very profitable, they immediately became interested.

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(End of this chapter)