Chapter 569: Confronting the Lai Family

Daiyu selected some of Lin Ruhai’s books that she liked, and after moving them into her house to decorate them, her whole house became more scholarly and noble.

And Daiyu’s graceful appearance, extremely slender and extremely soft body bones also made Jia Lian feel at ease when he saw her, so he really liked coming to see Daiyu, even if it was just a simple Talk to her, look at her, and feel good.

After confirming that her cough was better and nothing serious, Jia Lian was ready to leave.

Daiyu, who was sitting on the pit, suddenly stopped him and said hesitantly: "Otherwise, I won't go into the garden..."

"Why not Go?"

Jia Lian turned around and saw Daiyu's little face was frowning and looking very serious. He couldn't help but walked back and touched her head and said with a smile: "Silly girl, your sister Yingchun and the others are all coming in. The garden is over, if you don’t move in and are alone outside, who will play with you?”

Daiyu said nothing, just looking at Jia Lian.

"Okay, that's it. From now on, when you live in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, you can reach my place right after you leave the garden gate. It's not further away than it is now.

That's right. , your sister Feng said that a bathing pool should be built behind the flower hall on the west side, and water should be diverted from the living spring on the other side of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, so that the distance between the two sides is only a hundred or so steps. If you miss me when you have free time, you can fold a piece of paper I knew it immediately when the boat came in."

"Bah, who missed you."

Daiyu finally became shy, glared at Jia Lian, and then He asked softly: "What about Brother Bao Er?"

"He? I heard vaguely just now that he seems to be living in Yihongyuan. It's vulgar, too vulgar. Or is it that our sister Lin has elegant taste? , I fell in love with Xiaoxiang Pavilion at first glance!"

Daiyu didn't know what to say.

She naturally wanted to move into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. She liked the environment there, especially the hundreds of green bamboos.

But she was afraid that Jia Baoyu would not be able to move into the garden because of her. After all, she was a guest, and Jia Baoyu was the "rightful owner". If that was the case, it would be quite boring to think about it. I don't know why some people don't want to see her anymore.

Jia Lian saw Daiyu's thoughtful look and found it very interesting. He wanted to tease him. After all, he was thinking about things outside, so he decided to wait for another time and left with a smile.

Seeing Zicuckoo and Snow Goose outside, Jia Lian took two steps over.

The two maids suddenly looked tense.

"There may be some noise outside tonight. Take care of your girl and don't let her run around alone."

"I know the second master..."

Seeing Jia Lian lift up his legs and leave after saying this, Zicuckoo and Xueyan each breathed a sigh of relief.

Zicuckoo looked at Xueyan Although her hand was covering her heart, her eyes clearly showed disappointment and regret. She couldn't help but nodded her forehead in a funny way, turned around and went into the back room, leaving Xue Yan alone standing next to the table, blushing. His face changed.

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“Thank you, Second Mistress, and thank you, Master, for your grace…”

In the courtyard, hundreds of slaves gathered, and Sister Feng sat high on the stage and rewarded more than a dozen boxes of money, which she handed out easily.

"Lai Da, Lai Da's wife. "

"My servant is here..."

When Mr. Lai and his wife, who were not far from Sister Feng, heard this, they quickly straightened their clothes and pretended to be very happy. , stepped forward and knelt down to receive the reward.

Although the two of them had long since ignored the reward, they would never fail to behave as they should.

Who knows, after kneeling for a while, I heard no movement. When I raised my head, I only saw Sister Feng smiling at them. The regret and ridicule in her eyes made Lai Da and his wife feel uneasy in their hearts.
< br />"You two, one as the general manager and the other as the wife of the internal housekeeper, have the greatest merit and are more honorable than anyone else. If I came to give you a reward, it would not be enough to show that I take it seriously. So when you came out just now, your Lord Marquis said that he would personally reward you two. "

Sister Feng has always been kind and powerful. There was obviously something in her words. Not to mention the Lai family, even the other people who had been rewarded and planned to leave suddenly came one by one. They all stopped to watch.

Although Lai Da usually only cares about the affairs of the outer courtyard and has little contact with Sister Feng, he also knows that Sister Feng is a very good talker and a good person, so he talks to them casually. They were all polite, but there must be a reason for the sudden behavior today.

He quickly looked in the direction where the housekeeper, steward, and others were gathered, and suddenly found that Lin Zhixiao was not there. Then he looked towards the steward's wife. Looking in the direction of the others, even Lin Zhixiao's family happened to be away. Lai Da suddenly felt a thump in his heart, and there was a faint sweat on his forehead, and he tried not to show his timidity.

But his wife was not like him. As soon as Banhao Chengfu heard Sister Feng's words, he immediately replied: "Look what Second Mistress said, it is our slave's duty to be able to do things for the master, so there is no merit at all. As for respectability, it is all given by the masters. What Second Mistress said is really embarrassing to us.

How can the slaves withstand Second Mistress’s jokes? Second Mistress should stop teasing us. Whether it is Second Master or Second Mistress giving rewards to the slaves, it is a great honor for the slaves.Fortunately, we can only be grateful, so how can we talk about whether we value it or not..."

But Sister Feng just smiled, waved and asked the time, and then said with a smile: "I'm not joking with you. , the Marquis really said that he would come personally to reward you. I haven't come yet, maybe something has delayed me, so please wait here. ”

After Sister Feng finished speaking, she took Xiaohong’s hand and stood up and left directly.

As a result, the whole courtyard suddenly became confused and suspicious.

Lai Da and her wife, one is the manager, whose status goes without saying, and the other is the wife in charge of the house who is favored by the masters the most. Between these two people, who doesn’t usually fawn over and please them? It’s the young man in Lian’s house. The masters were also polite and even smiled respectfully when they saw her.

Such a decent person, what is the situation now? Have you been punished by the second mistress to kneel down?

It’s not that Lai Da and his wife have never been punished since they became slaves, but this is the first time they have encountered a situation like today!

But Sister Feng couldn’t even speak. It was not explained clearly, so they were not sure what Sister Feng meant.

Facing the pointing fingers of many "colleagues", they looked embarrassed and blushed. Although Sister Feng did not give any instructions They were asked to kneel down and wait, but they all could see that something must have happened to Sister Feng to treat them like this, so how could they dare to stand up privately?

"He is the head of the family, now what to do? Everyone asked Lai Da anxiously.

Lai Da also frowned, and finally shook his head and said: "Kneel down first, and see what the second master and second grandma mean..."

After saying that, he abandoned the interference from the outside world, lowered his head and remained motionless.

The situation in the courtyard naturally spread inside quickly.
< br /> Mrs. Wang was the first to know the news. She was very surprised and asked, "Did Mr. Lai and his wife do something to offend them? "

"I don't know. The second grandma only said that the second master would personally reward Lai Da and Lai Da's wife. Now Lai Da and his wife are still kneeling. "

Mrs. Wang also frowned involuntarily, thought for a while and asked: "Where is Lian'er? "

"I heard from people that Mr. Lian seems to have gone to Dongkuoyuan... Madam, do you want to report this to the old lady? ”

As the confidant of Mrs. Wang’s concubine, Zhou Rui’s family is also very aware of the situation in the house. Even though the Lai family is just a slave, the one standing behind is Jia Mu, even Lian Er. If you and Grandma Lian were to send them for no reason, I’m afraid the old lady wouldn’t agree.

Mrs. Wang hesitatedAfter a moment, he shook his head and said: "Don't alarm the old lady first. Let a few more people go outside and watch to see what Lian'er and Feng Yatou are doing. If anything happens, get back to me in time."

… …

When Jia Lian walked to the courtyard, the scene suddenly became quiet, and the running figures took their places very consciously, and they behaved like well-behaved babies.

Glancing at Lai Da and his wife who were kneeling below, Jia Lian sat directly in front of Sister Feng, and then turned around and asked the maid behind: "Where is your second grandma?"< br />
"Second Grandma has gone to change clothes."

Jia Lian nodded, said no more, turned around, a stern look on his face.

When Lai Da and the other two saw this, they lowered their bodies even lower.

But Jia Lian picked up the roster on the case, glanced at it, and said indifferently: "In order to welcome the queen back to the province, the general manager Lai Da, and the daughter-in-law Lai who is in charge of the inner house, have worked hard and made great achievements. Among them, General Manager Lai The reward of ten taels of silver and three thousand coins was due to everyone's reward of six taels of silver and two thousand coins, making a total of sixteen taels of silver and five thousand coins."

As Jia Lian finished speaking, he was responsible for dividing the money. The woman who weighed the silver immediately packed the money, but Lai Da and the other two did not dare to come forward to accept it.

When Jia Lian saw this, he glanced at everyone in the courtyard, and finally looked down at Lai Da and the other two, "My family, Jia, has built its family on military exploits. We have always believed that meritorious service must be rewarded and guilty must be punished.

"This is what you and your wife deserve, why don't you accept the reward to express your gratitude."

Lai everyone has been shocked by this scene for a long time. After all, Lai Da followed Jia Zheng and saw it. After a while, he pulled her up, bent forward and took away the two bags of silver.

Then he consciously went back and knelt down again.

Since Jia Lian said, "Any meritorious service must be rewarded, and guilty party must be punished." After this merit is rewarded, there will naturally be punishment.

Seeing that Lai Da was so knowledgeable, Jia Lian had to admit that apart from greed and disloyalty, Lai Da was indeed a talent among the slaves. This is also the decisive factor in his success, because it is impossible for a mediocre person to be so trusted by Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and others.

Not wanting to talk nonsense with him, Jia Lian asked directly after he knelt down: "Lai Da, Lai Da's wife, do you two know the crime?"

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