The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 154 Sister, have you heard of the Veil Society?

Because of the previous dispute between Jia She and Jia Zheng, the place where Jia's mother's body was placed was placed in the East Palace, and all guests came and went entered through the main gate of the East Palace.

Now that the seventh day has passed, there are not so many guests, but the necessary preparations must still be made, and the highlight must be the posthumous honor of an old lady of the Duke.

The carriage stopped in front of the East Palace Gate again. The host at the gate hurried forward to greet them, but saw a eunuch getting off the carriage with an arrogant look, holding the imperial edict in both hands, and shouting loudly:
"There is an imperial decree. Let Jia She and Jia Rong come to receive it!"

The receptionist was startled and rushed in to inform the news.

After a while, a group of people came out in a huge crowd, opened the main door, invited the eunuch and the imperial edict in, and when they arrived at the courtyard, they set up the incense table, knelt in a row, and respectfully received the edict.

"In compliance with the will of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven, the son of the Duke of Rong, Jia She, a first-class general, has been found to have bad conduct and committed many unjust acts... Therefore, he is stripped of his title of first-class general and handed over to the Ministry of Rites for punishment in accordance with the law."

"The emperor is so generous that he considers the contributions of Dukes Ning and Rong to the country... so he transfers the title to Jia Rong, the son of Ning, and lowers his rank to inherit the position of second-class general..."

When Jia She and his son heard this, they felt as if struck by lightning and their hearts sank.

Even Jia Zheng was surprised when he heard this. Shouldn't this title belong to his family? How did it fall into Jia Rong's hands?
Even Jia Rong himself was dumbfounded.

Although he had received the notice from Master Zhan a long time ago, Master Zhan did not make any final statement. He only said that he would try his best to get a title for him. He always thought that it was a title for another kind of meritorious service!
Who would have known that he had actually snatched the title of Master She from the Rongguo Mansion.

How...refreshing!

Since he lost his title, although he still had the support of Master Zhan and had no shortage of gold and silver, without the status of a powerful figure, many of his old friends no longer cared about him.

The servants in Rongguo Mansion looked at him as if he were a poor relative from the countryside. They didn't even look at him straight in the eye and showed no respect at all.

Now, the situation has changed, and this time the title of Rongguo Mansion is his. He wants to see what expressions those slaves have!

Now he is a second-class general, one rank higher than when Master Zhen was here. In the future he can pass the title to his son. What a great thing!
While Jia She and Jia Zheng were still surprised, Jia Rong reacted first. He kowtowed to express his gratitude and happily went up to receive the imperial edict.

Although Jia She was the inheritor of the title in the past, these matters had always been done by Jia Zheng. But now that the title has been changed, Jia Rong has rushed to do the job of receiving the angels, which makes Jia Zheng particularly uncomfortable, and there is something wrong in the look in his eyes when he looks at Jia Rong.

But Jia Rong didn't care about him. He took out the silver with a smile on his face and gave a big red envelope to the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict.

This young eunuch was also Xia Shouzhong's man. He knew who Jia Rong was related to, so he tried to curry favor with him and they chatted animatedly.

Jia She, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore. His eyes turned red and he suddenly yelled and rushed forward, hitting Jia Rong.

"You shameless thing!"

"What method did you use to take away my family's title?"

Jia Rong was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground by Jia She's punch. He immediately held his head and rolled on the ground, screaming.

"Someone come, someone is killing someone, help me..."

The father-in-law who had been smiling just now hurriedly dodged for fear of being splashed with blood.

You have to flatter, but it is impossible to help.

Fortunately, this is the East Mansion, Master Zhan's territory, and most of the servants in the mansion have been replaced. When they saw Jia Rong being beaten, they rushed up and pulled Jia She away.

Jia She refused to give in. Even though he was being held up, he still bared his teeth and claws, and kicked and kicked. When Jia Lian came to dissuade him, he was slapped in the face and cursed:
"You're blind. Your father's title is gone. Why don't you hurry up and get it back? Why are you still acting stupid here?"

Jia Lian said with a bitter face:

"Master, that was decided by the imperial decree. You can't take it back. Why don't you think of a way to ask the palace to revoke the order?"

Jia She was also filled with rage. After being reminded of this, he realized that the key did not lie with Jia Rong. But he remembered the promises made to him by the four kings and eight dukes, so he jumped up and rushed out, shouting:
"Those bastards promised the Master that they would speak well of me in front of His Majesty. I have to go and ask who they are speaking well of!"

Seeing Jia She leave, Jia Rong carefully got up and spat angrily:
"This is the emperor's great grace. His Majesty sympathizes with the contributions of Dukes Ning and Rong, so he made this decision!"

"Master Heshe himself is not a good person, who can he blame?"

Of course, all the family members agreed in various ways, but the people in Rongguo Mansion had gloomy faces and no one spoke.

Jia Zheng was the most depressed. Obviously, everything should have fallen on his head, so why did it fall on Jia Rong?

He has been in mourning at home these days and has not attended any court meetings. He doesn't know what happened to lead to this result.

But I think what happened at the court meeting will soon be leaked, and then Jia She will definitely know that he was the one who was secretly doing it, and then there will be a lot of trouble!

If everything goes well, as long as he can get the title, he will naturally find a way to control Jia She and make him accept it obediently.

The simplest way is to control the monthly salary so that he has no money to spend, and he will naturally obey orders.

But now the title fell into Jia Rong's hands, and the power fell into someone else's hands, and he even had to hand over his property.

After much thought, it would be better to just cancel the title!

The emperor was the same. What was he thinking? Why did he give this title to Jia Rong?

Jia Zheng was feeling irritated, but he could not leave as the funeral arrangements were not yet completed. He had no choice but to ask the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict to one side, stuffed some silver into his pocket, and wanted to ask for some information.

Although Jia Zheng was not his own man, he was still the imperial concubine's biological father, and he had given enough money, so the eunuch did not hide anything from him and told him the details of the previous situation.

Only then did Jia Zheng realize that the emperor had taken the initiative to "avoid suspicion" for him, promoted his style, and gave up his title.

After hearing this news, Jia Zheng almost vomited blood!

Everything went smoothly according to the plan, but it failed at the hurdle of "royal relatives". He just couldn't express his grievances in words, which was really suffocating!
While he was secretly depressed, Jia Rong had already started preparing to celebrate.

Because of the funeral, Jia Rong himself could not celebrate, but he knew how the title was obtained, so... He called Keqing over and whispered:

"Call Yun'er and Xiren to go and thank Master Zhan in the evening."

Keqing rolled her eyes in annoyance and snorted:
"Do I need your instructions for this kind of thing?"

"If you have that intention, you should quickly get me back the imperial decree of the second-class general."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Don't worry, Madam. There are rules for this kind of thing in the court, and your imperial edict is indispensable."

Keqing curled her lips and said disdainfully:

"Do you think I still want the imperial decree of being the wife of a second-class general?"

"I want to get dressed and serve Master Zhan, so that Master Zhan can enjoy the feeling of being served by a noble lady!"

Jia Rong was speechless, but he didn't dare to complain.

Everyone had their own concerns, so after dealing with the funeral that day, they went back home and began to discuss the matter.

Jia Zheng paced back and forth anxiously in the study, his face almost as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"If I had known that the emperor would make such a random distribution, I would have just revoked this title!"

"Without the restrictions of this title, we can still split up at worst. Although the loss will be greater, it is not unacceptable."

"But now, the title property has to be sorted out and handed over to Jia Rong... By the way, try to delay the time and don't hand over the title property so easily!"

"Jia Rong is nothing but a loser, and now he is barely able to survive by relying on his nephew Zhan. As long as we are a little tough, he won't dare to do anything."

"Let him make trouble as he pleases. After the funeral, he will be exiled. He won't have many days of good life left!"

Jia Zheng kept mumbling for a long time. When he looked up, he found that Mrs. Wang was lowering her head, her face was slightly red, and her eyes were wandering. It was obvious that she was distracted. He immediately shouted angrily:
"Did you listen to what I said to you?"

Mrs. Wang was startled and trembled all over. She said in a choking voice:
"Master, calm down. I, I'm listening..." "But, Master, these properties have been there for so many years. I'm afraid... they have been eaten away by the termites in the mansion. Instead of keeping them in our mansion, why not give them to the East Mansion along with those termites?"

Jia Zheng frowned upon hearing this. After thinking carefully for a moment, he slowly nodded and said:

"You have a point. Since we are all family, we can't just replace the original servants. He should take over everything."

"Forget it, you can handle this matter, I won't care about it."

"As for the personal belongings left by the old lady, we must find a way to take them over. We can't let Master She take them over."

"The key to this matter lies in Yuanyang. I heard that you arranged for her to serve in Baoyu Courtyard?"

"That's good. Don't rush to ask her. Let's wait a little longer until after the funeral and Master She is exiled. Then we can talk about it."

Mrs. Wang nodded in agreement, but her mind had already drifted away.

After finally listening to her master's nagging, Mrs. Wang left the study and returned to her own courtyard. She ordered people to prepare hot water for a bath and prepared to have Hongye give her another massage.

After the bathtub was ready, Mrs. Wang sent Caiyun and others out. When she turned around, she saw Hongye standing beside the bathtub with a smile on her face, hooking her finger at her.

"Is the new treasure I prepared for my wife still working?"

"Madam, why don't you come and wash yourself? That sticky feeling is not that comfortable, right?"

"Or does your wife actually enjoy that feeling?"

Mrs. Wang blushed, and obediently took off her clothes. She stood naked in front of Hongye, put her hands behind her back, and pleaded in a low voice:
"Please, sister Hongye, take this magic weapon and let me take a good hot bath."

Seeing that Madam Wang was so obedient, Hongye smiled and took out the key, removed all the restraints from top to bottom, and then helped Madam Wang into the bathtub. While serving her a bath, she leaned over and whispered in her ear:
"Madam, do you understand the benefits of this thing now?"

"I might as well tell my wife that these are just child's play. There are many more interesting things to do in Lixiangyuan."

"Madam, it's really meaningless to just enjoy yourself in this way. Why not just stay at Lixiangyuan for a few nights? I'm sure you'll be so happy that you won't want to leave."

After hearing what Hongye said, Madam Wang couldn't help but feel shaken, but her conservative character that she had cultivated over the years made her shake her head and sigh:
"Being played around by you like this is already unbearable, how can I still be so shameless as to pursue more?"

Hongye heard this and chuckled:

"Madam, you sound so nice, but every time I force myself on you, I've never seen you resist violently."

Mrs. Wang said with a sad face:
"It's all my fault. I deserve to be tortured by you now. I am just trying to atone for my sins to the old lady."

"Haha..." Hongye laughed even more happily, "Madam, this way of atonement is unprecedented!"

Hongye quickly took off her clothes and jumped into the bathtub. She hugged Mrs. Wang face to face and said with a smile:
"My dear wife, since you want to atone for your sins, let's try a new way to atone for your sins now!"

Mrs. Wang swallowed her saliva, closed her eyes, and hugged him back, saying in a trembling voice:

"What do you want? Just come over here. Why are you saying all this?"

Hongye lowered her head and started eating. After a delicious bite, she grabbed and rubbed the food with her hands, making Mrs. Wang almost melt in the bathtub.

The water is getting colder, but people are getting hotter.

After noticing that Mrs. Wang had started to have a fever, Hongye smiled and carried her out of the bathtub, wiped her dry, threw her on the couch, and started today's massage activity.

Mrs. Wang felt deeply remorseful, but at the same time she could not resist the temptation of happiness. She hummed and moaned and let Hongye control her. When she was deeply moved, she cried and laughed at the same time, and she had no control over her mouth, blurting out everything.

It was precisely because of this that Hongye just realized all the worries and pressures in Mrs. Wang's heart, including her suspicion of Baoyu.

As a capable assistant to Mr. Zhan, Hongye certainly knows how wronged Baoyu is. So in order to prevent Baoyu from suffering this injustice, Hongye decides to take the relationship between Mrs. Wang and Li Gongcai to a new level and have a confession.

The next day, after another busy day, Hongye did not let Mrs. Wang return to her own courtyard. Instead, she half-forced her to Lixiangyuan to meet Aunt Xue.

Although they are sisters, when Mrs. Wang thought about the private things she and Hongye did being known by her younger sister, she felt hot all over and felt like she was going to die.

Aunt Xue certainly knew how Mrs. Wang felt at the moment. She had also experienced the same thing in the past. However, as a person who had been through it, she could tell her sister responsibly that she just had to get used to it.

She smiled and took Madam Wang's hand, pulling her into her bedroom, and said with a smile:
"Sister, have you ever heard of the Veil Society?"

"The Veil Society, what is that?"

Mrs. Wang thought that her sister would say some words of persuasion to her, and she had prepared a response in her mind, but who knew that a veil would suddenly appear out of nowhere.

Aunt Xue smiled and explained:
“Everyone in this world lives with a mask on. They have one face in front of others and another face behind others.”

“Rather than living for oneself, it is better to say that one lives for the face that others see.”

"For the sake of that face, everyone cares about their identity, status, and the eyes of their relatives and friends...but they don't care about their own instincts and happiness."

"This veil will make people take off their masks, abandon all their identities and status, and put on the veil to become another monster who only follows his own instincts and pursues his own happiness."

"Once you join the Veiled Society, all your past memories will be gone, and you will even have to abandon your own name. Everything is just for the pursuit of pleasure."

"When you're done enjoying yourself and the sun comes up, you only need to take off your veil and walk out, and you'll be the original Madam Wang again."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang blushed and said in disdain:

"Pah, pah, pah, I thought it was some good thing, but you told me so mysteriously, isn't it just... isn't it just the kind of thing that noble ladies do in private!"

"Although I have never seen it, I have heard that many widows from powerful families cannot stand the loneliness, so they secretly look for some strong men outside, concealing their identities and having fun."

"I can't control you sisters if you want to do whatever you want, but I have a master who is still alive, so I can't join you in doing whatever you want!"

Aunt Xue smiled and said:
"Sister, what are you talking about? How could my younger sister ruin my sister's innocence? Why would I let a strange man in?"

"Don't worry, sister. Our Veil Club is currently full of women. We are just pretending to be beautiful with various props."

"Sister has also seen how powerful Hongye is, so she knows how fun those things are."

"It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. Sister, why don't you join us, completely abandon the past, and enjoy the joy of a new life."

"The woman who murdered her mother was Madam Wang, but she has nothing to do with the newcomers in the Veil Society."

Aunt Xue knew that the word "matriicide" was the heaviest knot in Mrs. Wang's heart, so she deliberately used these two words to provoke her. Sure enough, Mrs. Wang's face suddenly changed color and her expression became terrified.

Aunt Xue smiled and didn't give her a chance to refuse. She made the decision directly:
"I know you are indecisive, sister. You have to rely on others to make decisions for you."

"This matter will be decided by me, your younger sister. Tonight you must abandon the past, forget about your mother's murder, join the Veil Society, and become Little Eleven in the society."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help feeling flustered as her sister had decided such a big thing without her knowing. But Aunt Xue didn't give her a chance to speak. She just waved her hand and Hongye and others rushed over, washed her clean, changed her into a thin and revealing dress, covered her face with a purple veil, and surrounded her in the hall.

Fortunately, the people in the room had all changed into the same revealing clothes as her, and were wearing veils of various colors on their faces, so she didn't look different.

Mrs. Wang stood in the middle of the empty hall, feeling extremely uncomfortable. She looked around and saw that everyone was surrounding the hall and she couldn't even run away.

The woman at the top looked at the bewildered Madam Wang with a smile and asked softly:
"Are you Xiao Shiyi, the new member of the Veil Society?"

"I'm Xiaojiu from the Veil Society. You should call me sister."

Hearing this familiar voice, Mrs. Wang's expression changed instantly. After hesitating for a long time, she finally bowed down.

"Little Eleven has met Sister Little Nine and has seen the group of demons who will be meeting the veil."

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