When he heard that his mother was coming, Jia She hurriedly ran out to greet her. He walked forward with a guilty conscience, bowed and smiled and said, "It's a cold day. If mother has something to do, she can just ask her son to come over. Why do you need to go there in person?"

Jia Mu ignored him, but looked at Jia Lian, who was tied up on the bench, and asked Geng Zhong, who was standing beside him at a loss, "I don't know what mistake Lian'er made to let you, a slave, die."

Beat him?"

Geng Zhong turned pale with fright. He turned his head and glanced at Jia She, saying in his heart: "I am just following orders. Sir, hurry up and save me."

Jia She said hurriedly: "Report to mother, this evil Lian'er is loitering around all day long, specializing in stealing and stealing. If I don't restrain him now, I'm afraid he will do something intolerable in the future."

Jia Mu looked back at her son and said coldly: "You were talking to me, but I wanted to hear, why is Lian'er so idle? He has been running around for you all day long, even if he has no credit, he still has

It's hard work, right? You should tell me, in this family, who is more suitable for me than Lian'er?"

Jia She cupped his hands and replied: "My son is teaching Lian'er for the sake of honoring our ancestors. How can I, a son, deal with my mother's words?"

Hearing this, Jia Mu spat: "You can't bear it if I say something to you, but how can Lian'er be able to bear your deadly attack? You said that teaching your son is to honor your ancestors. How did your father teach you that way?"

!”

Jia She laughed and said, "Mom, you don't have to be like this. My son just had a temper and was a little impulsive. I just won't hit him again."

Jia Mu sneered and said, "Teach your son a lesson. I shouldn't meddle in other people's business. But besides Lian'er, who else can do things in this house? I'm afraid you'll beat him up, and let me do it in the future."

Who will send the envoy?"

"Jia She hurriedly said: "Mom, please calm down and your son will not beat him again."

Jia Mu ignored him, but looked at Geng Zhong who was standing aside, and said coldly: "It's all you slaves who instigate the father and son to kill each other all day long, so that you can make profits from it."

Geng Da fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly: "Old lady, please forgive me, I will never dare to do it again next time."

Jia Mu said sternly: "Come here, drag this slave down and beat him fifty times, and then drive him out of the house."

"yes."

Several women swarmed up, grabbed Geng Zhong, pushed him directly to the ground, and started to slap the board.

Jia She moved his mouth, he wanted to plead for Geng Zhong, but he was afraid of angering his mother and losing face in public.

After the ladies had finished beating Geng Zhong, Jia Mu said to the elders around Jia She: "I will spare you for now. Next time you dare to instigate the father and son to kill each other, you will be punished double."

Several servants replied timidly: "Young ones don't dare."

Jia Mu then said to Mrs.

"My daughter-in-law knows her mistake."

Mrs.

Mother Jia finally advised Wang Xifeng, whose eyes were red: "Don't be sad. It's not all bad to let him suffer a little. Let's have someone carry him back for treatment as soon as possible."

"My granddaughter-in-law respects your fate."

Wang Xifeng responded, and then called for the servant to come forward and carry Jia Lian back to his yard.

…

After Jia's mother left with her maid and mother-in-law, Jia She looked around with a livid face and asked sternly: "Who informed the old lady just now?"

All the servants lowered their heads and did not dare to say another word.

"Sooner or later, let me find out. I have to expose him."

Jia She said a harsh word and ran to the room to drink.

Now that the old lady has come forward, he probably has no hope of getting the profit dividend from the perfume business. This makes him very depressed, and he can only use wine and beauties to relieve his sorrow.

…

Here, several boys carried Jia Lian back to the courtyard. Ping'er came out after hearing the news. She saw that Jia Lian's head was badly beaten and his pants were stained red. She also had red eyes.

Several maids and women came up and wanted to help Jia Lian into the house. Wang Xifeng said anxiously: "You bastard, you don't even open your eyes to take a look! How can you still help him go when he's beaten like this? You guys will kill him directly."

Carry it in and put it on the heated bed.

After hearing the sound, several women took the place of the boy, carried Jia Lian lying on the spring stool, and followed Ping'er into the house.

Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, and Li Wan comforted Wang Xifeng and asked her to send someone to ask an imperial doctor to treat Jia Lian's injury.

Wang Xifeng obeyed the order and sent Jia Lian's servant to the imperial hospital with Master Zheng's name tag to invite the imperial doctor.

After sending Jia Mu and others away, Baoyu led the Sanchun sisters to visit. Seeing Jia Lian being beaten so badly, Baoyu also felt sad and felt the same.

Tanchun reminded Wang Xifeng: "Second sister-in-law, I heard from Sister Lin that there is an old miracle doctor living in their house. Why don't you send someone to ask for medicine to treat Brother Lian's injury."

Wang Xifeng said happily: "Third sister reminded me, I will send my servant over to find Brother Yun."

…

When Li Wan returned to his small courtyard from Wang Xifeng, his whole body became worse. Jia Lian was beaten, which reminded her of her late husband Jia Zhu.

Once upon a time, she and Jia Zhu were an enviable young couple, but because of a slap from her father-in-law Jia Zheng, her husband with a bright future became bedridden and died of an illness. Every time I think of this, I feel like

It made her miserable.

Today, Jia Lian was beaten, which brought back her sadness and made her very sad.

Li Wan was crying alone in the house when he suddenly heard the sound of mandarin ducks outside, "Suyun, is your grandma in the house?"

Suyun: "Here you are. Just wait a moment and I'll pass the message for you."

Li Wan quickly took out his handkerchief and wiped away his tears, got up and walked out of the bedroom.

Her eldest maid, Suyun, lifted up the gauze curtain of the bedroom, smiled at her and said, "Grandma, Sister Yuanyang is here."

Li Wan nodded and said, "I heard it. Go and get her a cup of tea."

"OK."

…

Li Wan lifted the curtain and walked out of the bedroom. He smiled at Yuanyang who stood up to greet him and asked, "Why do you have time to come to my place today?"

Yuanyang replied: "The old lady is so angry that the old man has a headache. I just finished serving the old lady and came to sit with you."

Li Wan raised his hand and asked Yuanyang to sit down on the heated kang. He sat opposite him and smiled at him, "You are here to comfort me, right?"

Yuanyang: "I know you have a strong temper, so there is no need for me to comfort you. Besides coming here to sit here, I have one more thing to tell you."

"Oh, what on earth is going on?"

Yuanyang: "It's the end of the year, and every village has sent New Year's gifts. The old lady thought that my aunt and the others were new to the capital and lacked all kinds of expenses for the New Year, so she thought of sending someone to send some things to my aunt's house for use."

Li Wan said doubtfully: "Is this what you mean~"

Yuanyang smiled and said: "You guessed it right, the old lady wants you to take someone there."

Li Wan said in surprise: "Let me go?"

Suyun happened to come in with two cups of hot tea. When she heard Yuanyang's words, she was also surprised and said: "Sister Yuanyang, there are so many stewards in the house, why do you want us to send them away?"

Yuanyang smiled and said: "You are usually smart, but why have you become confused today?"

Li Wan had already figured it out. She smiled at Yuanyang and said, "You go back and thank the old lady for me. I will definitely handle this matter well."

"You have always done things safely, why should the old lady not trust you?"

After Yuanyang finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and brought it to his lips and took a sip.

Immediately, she put down the cup and said to Li Wan: "I heard news about the young nephew of my aunt's family today by the old lady's side."

Li Wan hurriedly asked: "What's the news?"

Yuanyang: "I heard from Mr. Lian that my aunt's nephew came into the palace today and asked for a calligraphy treasure from the emperor."

Su Yun was surprised and said: "How is this possible? My aunt's nephew is not an official. How can he enter the palace to meet the emperor?"

Yuanyang: "You don't know this. The young nephew wrote a policy for Ping Nan in the academy, and was recommended to the emperor by the academy's mountain chief. This incident caused a sensation in the court, and the emperor summoned him for this reason.

."

"Ping Nance?"

Li Wan muttered something silently. She was influenced by her original family and read a lot, so she naturally understood the meaning of the three words "Ping Nance". When she thought about the fact that Jia Mu specially asked Yuanyang to go there, she immediately understood what the old lady meant.

thought.

She quickly stood up and saluted Yuanyang: "Please go back and thank the old lady for me."

Yuanyang stood up and bowed back, "Since you understand, I'll take my leave first."

Li Wan hurriedly said: "Suyun, send Sister Yuanyang off for me."

"Yes, grandma."

…

Suyun and Yuanyang were both maids trained by Mother Jia. They had a very good relationship and could talk to each other about everything.

When walking out with Yuanyang, Suyun saw no one around, so she asked Yuanyang: "What does the old lady mean by asking our grandma to go to the Lin Mansion?"

Yuanyang smiled and said: "If you think about it carefully, who is Mr. Lin and what is the identity of the young nephew?"

Suyun suddenly realized: "So the old lady asked our grandma to take Lan Ge'er to meet the young nephew?"

Yuanyang lowered his voice and said: "My aunt's nephew has a bright future. If Langeer can match his fate, it will be much smoother to take the imperial examination in the future. You said it is such a good opportunity, but if your grandma doesn't seize it, won't you?

pity."

Suyun nodded repeatedly and said: "You are right, this opportunity should be seized."

After a pause, Suyun continued: "I thought the old lady didn't care about Brother Lang, but who would have thought~"

"Lang Ge'er is the old lady's great-great-grandson, so how could she not care about him? She doesn't get close to him just so that he can concentrate on studying so as not to be spoiled."

There is one thing Yuanyang didn't dare to say, that is, it is enough for Jia's mother to have Baoyu who doesn't like to study, and Jia Lan cannot be allowed to become the second Baoyu.

After seeing off the mandarin ducks, Suyun returned to the house, but did not see Li Wan. After asking the little maid, she found out that Li Wan had gone to Lan Geer's study.
Chapter completed!