vstars Chapter 140 Dream of the Red Chamber 1 3
Chapter 140 Dream of the Red Chamber 1 3
"Mom, this is someone from my brother's room. How can we let him go?"
Baochai actually doesn't care about a maid, but she just doesn't want Xiangling to be removed from the family and rely on Daiyu to live a good life in the future. Why should she, a maid, have the right to do so?
Daiyu looked at Baochai and smiled. "That's true. Then let Sister Xia ask her."
Daiyu felt that Xia Jingui should be willing to let Xiangling go. Xiangling was pretty, and she was torturing Xiangling because she didn't like her. Now that she had redeemed Xiangling, she shouldn't have stopped her.
Baochai had no choice but to ask someone to invite Xia Jingui.
Xia Jingui came quickly. When she heard that Daiyu wanted to redeem Xiangling, she agreed without saying a word. As Daiyu thought, she had wanted to drive Xiangling out for a long time.
Moreover, I heard that Daiyu has a lot of private property, so she must not be stingy.
Daiyu asked Nanxi to take out the banknotes, "Sister-in-law, this is three hundred taels of silver. I will take the person away. Xiangling, quickly take your indenture. From now on, you will be a free person."
Xiangling came forward, bowed to Xia Jingui, and then returned with the indenture.
Xia Jingui smiled and praised Daiyu for her magnanimity, but Daiyu just smiled.
Nan Xi looked at Xiangling's bright eyes and smiled. At this moment, Xiangling was a hundred times more beautiful than before.
After Daiyu got the indenture back, she sent someone to cancel her registration, and then sent Xiangling to the farm to keep Qingwen company.
When Daiyu returned to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Yingchun came and thanked Daiyu crying.
"If it weren't for my sister, I would have definitely fallen into that tiger's den."
Daiyu helped Yingchun wipe away her tears and once again hated this world. How wonderful it would be if she could live in the world in the picture books.
Yingchun's marriage was cancelled. After a severe scolding of Jia She, Grandmother Jia still paid the difference.
When Yingchun grew up, Grandmother Jia asked Lady Xing to arrange a marriage for her, and she was soon married off.
Mrs. Xing is still reliable. This time, the husband she found for Yingchun is very good. Although he is just a minor official of the fifth rank, he has good character. Yingchun can be said to have someone to rely on for the rest of her life.
The Jia family's fortune was getting worse day by day, and even eunuchs came to extort money. In the end, they couldn't even afford ginseng.
Mrs. Wang was really incompetent in managing the household, and finally the power returned to Aunt Feng. However, when she found out that she was pregnant and had the subsidy that Daiyu gave to Jia Lian, she took back the money she had previously lent, and at the same time did she want to do good deeds for the child in her belly.
This action actually saved her life, but that’s a story for later.
Nan Xi watched coldly. She didn't need to do anything. She just had to wait until Daxia was about to fall, and then she would take Daiyu to live a good life.
As the twelfth lunar month approached, news came from the palace that Yuanchun was ill.
Mrs. Wang hurried to the palace to visit the patient, but was repeatedly rejected and not allowed to enter.
Everyone in the Jia family was extremely anxious, not knowing what had happened to Yuanchun.
At this time, Grandmother Jia finally gave in and Baochai and Baoyu got engaged, and good things were about to happen.
Not long after, the Ning and Rong mansions were suddenly surrounded by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and the Prince of Pingxi brought Zhao Tangguan to check Jia She's property under the emperor's order.
The King of Pingxi read out the imperial edict, which said that Jia She bullied the weak and betrayed the emperor's grace.
There was also Jia Zhen next door who lured the children of wealthy families into gambling, forcibly took the wives and daughters of innocent people as concubines, and tortured them to death. He was dismissed from his post and investigated.
The Jia Mansion was in chaos. All the doors were sealed. There was nowhere to escape, so one could only stay in the yard, feeling uneasy.
After hearing this, Grandmother Jia almost couldn't breathe. She cried and said she was sorry to all the ancestors of the Jia family.
Daiyu, Baoyu, Baochai and the three sisters gathered here to comfort her.
Suddenly, news came from outside that Yuanchun had passed away.
This time, Lady Jia really collapsed. She was already traumatized, and then the news made her faint even more.
Everyone in the house was shouting for the old lady, and Daiyu was crying inconsolably. The old lady was gone just like that.
The situation outside was serious. Many jewels were found in Mrs. Wang's room, but they were transported from the Zhen family. Now they were all evidence and the crime was unforgivable.
Zhao Tangguan was busy with his work when he suddenly heard the chief secretary report that Prince Beijing had arrived.
Prince Beijing brought the imperial edict, ordering only Jia She to be tried, and the others to be investigated by Prince Pingxi. Only then did everyone in the Jia family feel relieved.
After verifying their identities, the Xue family moved out, and Daiyu and her group were also released. Including the Li and Xing families who came to seek refuge, they all left the Jia Mansion.
Daiyu took Nanxi to the Lin Mansion, but Zijuan did not go because her bond was still in the Jia Mansion.
Daiyu was very anxious, so she asked Lin Zhi to bring people to keep an eye on the place day and night and report any news as soon as they got it.
After waiting for another day, there was finally news from the inner court.
The Chief Secretary of Prince Beijing came to convey the imperial decree: Considering that the imperial concubine passed away not long ago, I cannot bear to add any more crimes. The heads of the two mansions shall be dismissed from their posts, their properties shall be confiscated, and only the woman's dowry shall be returned.
This was already a very good ending. Feng Ji and Jia Lian moved into a courtyard house with the female members of the Jia family. This was the only courtyard that was returned.
Daiyu bought Zijuan back, and also bought out all the maids in the Jia mansion who could be called by name, and sent them back to the Jia mansion, so that there would be no one left to serve in the Jia mansion.
But now the Jia family can no longer afford so many people, so the masters only kept their close relatives, such as Qiu Wen, She Yue and others, and released them all.
Daiyu helped to arrange the funeral arrangements for Lady Jia before she chatted with Sister Feng and others.
Fengjie looked at Daiyu worriedly. Now that the Jia family has fallen into decline, Daiyu's marriage has not yet been settled, which is really worrying.
Daiyu was not afraid at all. She had been confused before, but after Xueyan showed her a trick, she was no longer worried.
It turned out that Nan Xi had found a strange book from somewhere. She could actually make talismans one by one according to the patterns on it, such as fireball talisman, ice blade talisman, explosive flame talisman, lightning talisman...
The most peculiar thing is the space symbol. When you stick it on your purse, it turns into a large space that can hold many things.
Daiyu was therefore full of confidence, thinking that she had no problem living alone, not to mention that she had Xueyan, Zijuan and others around her.
"Sister Feng, you guys live a good life. I have decided to go back to my hometown in Suzhou. The ancestral home has always been taken care of, and there are many clan members there to take care of it. I can live a good life."
Fengjie was extremely surprised. She didn't expect that Lin Daiyu was going back to her hometown.
After thinking about it, Feng Ji felt that Lin Daiyu's idea was a good one, so she lobbied Jia Lian and even wanted to go back to his hometown in Jinling.
At least there are still many sacrificial fields in my hometown of Jinling, and I can become a wealthy man just by collecting rent.
Li Wan didn't want to go back, so Feng Ji left the yard to her and Jia Lan.
Jia Lian took Tanchun and Xichun, Lady Xing, Fengjie, Ping'er and Qiaojie, as well as Fengjie's unborn baby, back to Jinling.
Tanchun did not go to marry. She and Xichun followed Jia Lian this time. When Fengjie asked them, they readily agreed.
After Baochai and Baoyu got married, they also stayed in the capital, but they lived with Aunt Xue.
Fengjie gave him a silver note of 1,200 taels, and no one could control what happened to Baoyu from then on.
As for Mrs. Wang, she has been sentenced to death.
That night, Nan Xi entered the Grand View Garden again. She came for Miaoyu. The Ning and Rong mansions were ransacked, but no one dared to touch the Rong Cui Temple.
Miaoyu still lives there. Now the Jia Mansion is empty and it is too dangerous for her to live there alone with only a nun.
Miaoyu also planned to go to Tiekan Temple to stay at daybreak, but there was a noise from the window and a fragrance came into the room. Miaoyu's hands and feet suddenly became numb and she could not move.
Miaoyu felt panicky and saw a strong man with a knife entering the room and coming towards her.
She was conscious but speechless, and was in extreme despair. Just as the strong man reached out his hand and wanted to molest Miaoyu, she heard a "click" and the man fell down, with blood oozing from his mouth.
Miaoyu looked at the door eagerly. Nan Xi smiled at her and picked her up.
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Daiyu took Nanxi, Zijuan, Zifu, Xuejian, Qingwen and Xiangling and boarded the boat back to Suzhou.
Because Fengjie had a lot of trivial matters to attend to, Daiyu and others went ahead.
The property here was handed over to housekeeper Lin. Her mood when she returned home this time was different from the previous two times.
In the past, she always had countless resentments and unexpressed sorrows in her heart, but now she only feels happy.
This beautiful land is just waiting for her to visit. She no longer has to appreciate the artistic conception from poems. From now on, she can experience this artistic conception at will.