The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 114 Gradual Growth
After returning, Jia Rong stayed in the palace all day and night, inspecting the harem, and had no time to go home.

On the other hand, Jia Yuanchun and others were still busy with the funeral of the old empress dowager.

After the group arrived at the county town near the burial area, Jia Yuanchun and Youshi walked into the courtyard exhausted and got out of the sedan chair.

After they entered the house and sat down, Jia Yuanchun sighed and said, "This courtyard is relatively clean. Let's take a rest first and then wait for the court's instructions."

Youshi also felt annoyed and sighed, "If it weren't for the title of Lady of Imperial Concubine, I really wouldn't want to come here."

"If you can give it to Wang Xifeng, it would be nice. She likes this kind of lively and hard work."

Jia Yuanchun felt the same way and consoled him, saying, "Madam, you are joking. I can give up my things, but how can I give up my wife's things?"

As the two were chatting, Youshi's maid Yindie came in and said with a smile, "Madam, grandma, as soon as we arrived, Prince Xiao and the princess sent someone to bring us some food and daily necessities."

Jia Yuanchun knew that an assassin had broken into the tent a few days ago and tried to kill the emperor, killing and injuring many royal nobles.

All those rescued by Jia Rong were saved, and a few of them stayed behind to continue dealing with the matter.

Seeing the smile on Yindie's face, Jia Yuanchun said seriously, "How can you be so rude? What time is it now? How can you be so ignorant of the rules and still have the guts to smile? If others hear and see it, it will be a big deal!"

You said, "We are all family, so be careful next time."

Seeing Youshi speaking for him, Yindie knelt down and said, "Yes! Madam, you are teaching me that I know I am wrong. From now on, I will not only behave myself, but also discipline the other maids and servants not to talk nonsense."

Jia Yuanchun nodded, "Get up."

Yu Shi then realized what was going on and said with a smile, "We should really let Feng girl come over."

Jia Yuanchun couldn't say anything to Youshi and just pretended not to see the smile on her face.

Yu Shi just smiled, then quickly stopped smiling, stood up and said, "Let's not sit here any longer, let's go out and thank you."

Jia Yuanchun stood up and, together with her nominal mother-in-law, accepted the thank-you gifts from the princes and royal relatives.

This time, there were fewer things brought, so the prince from the royal family who was in charge of presiding over the funeral quickly had people send a lot of food and daily necessities, all of which were of the prince's family quality. He also ordered a few maids to serve them.

Jia Yuanchun and Youshi soon enjoyed the treatment of traveling at public expense, and even someone helped pay their rent.

After being busy for almost a month and starting their journey back home, Youshi and Jia Yuanchun finally understood why Jia Rong asked them to take fewer people and luggage.

As soon as Jia Yuanchun and Youshi, who had been away from home for more than a month, arrived at the door of their house, Wang Xifeng came out with the maids to greet them.

Looking at the line that was more than twenty meters long, Wang Xifeng quickly came to the sedan chair at the door.

"Madam, you are finally back. How come there are several more carts of stuff when you come back than when you left? There are also a lot more people."

Youshi smiled and said, "They were all given by the master's friends. The money I brought with me was not spent, but I got a lot more back. Let's go in first and talk about it later."

The bearers quickly lifted the sedan chair, and Wang Xifeng asked the housekeeper to carry some things into the backyard and register them into the warehouse to avoid any shortage.

Jia Yuanchun and Youshi quickly returned to the inner courtyard and then got out of the sedan chair.

After the sedan bearers left the inner courtyard, Jia Yuanchun and Youshi first went to Jia Rong's main courtyard to sit down and rest.

Jia Yuanchun and Youshi sat on the east and west kangs respectively.

Youshi sat cross-legged beside the kang. It was not too hot in March and April, and the kang was covered with comfortable and warm cotton satin.

The maids walked to the east and west sides of Youshi and Jia Yuanchun, helped to take off the bracelets and rings that were in the way, and put them in boxes kept by their respective maids. They also spread a large piece of hand towel that was a different color from their clothes on their legs and clothes to cover their legs to prevent exposure.

Some maids were responsible for massaging the legs, some were responsible for massaging the shoulders, and some were responsible for fetching water to wash hands and wipe faces, cleaning up the faces that were uncomfortable due to sweating and makeup.

Youshi smiled and said, "It's still more comfortable to go home."

Jia Yuanchun also relaxed a lot. Being away from home is not as comfortable as being at home.

Jia Yuanchun, who was being waited on, asked, "Is the master back? What have you been doing these days?"

It is already known that Jia Rong was promoted to the governor of business, so Jia Yuanchun and Youshi are naturally not afraid that the historian's affairs will implicate their own family.

At this time, I understand Wang Xifeng's words. Why did Wang Xifeng dare to say that she was not afraid of being impeached for rebellion?

Wang Xifeng's maid Feng'er said, "The master has not returned home. He said he is staying in the palace and inspecting the harem every day. He has been busy lately and has no time to come back."

Youshi smiled and said, "It is indeed something the master can say."

Jia Yuanchun knew that this was disrespectful. If it were two or three years ago, she would be afraid and would even persuade Jia Rong not to speak like that.

Now, I really don’t care.

Not long after, Wang Xifeng came back, accompanied by Lin Hongyu and Qingwen.

Wang Xifeng lifted the curtain and came in, and Youshi's maid Yindie took the initiative to help serve tea.

Youshi smiled and said, "Feng girl is finally back. I regret not bringing you with me this time. Otherwise, we would have saved a lot."

Wang Xifeng quickly sat down and said, "Madam and Grandma encountered a lot of things during this trip, some good and some bad. I saw a lot of good things collected outside, many of which I have never seen before."

Jia Yuanchun smiled and said, "Take whichever one you like, and tell the master later."

Although Wang Xifeng and Jia Rong had no official relationship, everyone in the mansion recognized her as the second wife.

Jia Yuanchun has now accepted it.

At first, the eldest daughter of the Wang family refused to be a concubine. Now that she wants to be a concubine, she finds that she is not in the queue and can only be a second wife who is neither good nor bad.

Wang Xifeng knew that this was Jia Yuanchun's initiative to show her goodwill, so she smiled and said, "Thank you, sister!"

Jia Yuanchun nodded and said with a smile: "I feel relieved that my sister is taking care of the family."

Wang Xifeng said hurriedly, "Sister, don't be so busy praising me. The master and the mistress have been away for the past month, and a lot of messes have happened at home."

Jia Yuanchun asked: "What's the matter?"

At this time, another maid came in and brought ginseng chicken soup, a total of eight bowls.

The best meat was naturally given to Jia Yuanchun and Youshi, the rest was given to Wang Xifeng in one bowl, and the other five bowls were placed aside.

Yu asked curiously, "Why did you send so much? Are you going to eat it as lunch?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "If you're worried that there won't be enough food, just send a few more bowls. Maybe you don't know how many people there are in the front yard. We don't lack this much now. We already have this ginseng at home, and the chicken was sent by the farm downstairs. It doesn't cost much."

Jia Yuanchun took a small bite and then said softly, "My wife and I will have dinner with my sisters later, so we can't eat that much."

"Xiaohong and Qingwen, please sit down and eat too. Eat one bowl from the silver plate, and leave the remaining bowl for whoever comes later."

Xiao Hong quickly said happily: "Thank you, Grandma, thank you, Madam, thank you, Second Grandma!"

Qingwen and Yindie also followed in expressing their gratitude, but they were not as eloquent as Xiaohong.

Mrs. You smiled and said, "Feng girl, Xiaohong has been with you for a month. Are you satisfied with her?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Of course I am satisfied. If I had known that there was such a clever child in the past, I would have asked my goddaughter for one. I like this kind of child."

Wang Xifeng used to be the head housekeeper of Rong Mansion. In order to curry favor with the housekeeper, Lin Zhixiao's maid acknowledged Wang Xifeng as her godmother. Naturally, Xiaohong was also the daughter of Wang Xifeng's daughter.

Xiao Hong held the bowl of soup and said happily: "Xiao Hong learned a lot from Second Grandma, and also knew a lot of rules and gained a lot of knowledge."

Yindie and Qingwen were quickly compared.

Qingwen said quickly, "Grandma, everything is fine in our family. It's just that a few maids took advantage of the absence of the master and grandma to gamble. It's not a big deal. But something happened in the west again."

Jia Yuanchun suddenly lost her mood to joke, and even her appetite was affected.

"What's the matter? If you need money, wait until the master comes back. I just gave you 1,000 taels last month. You can't spend it all in one month?"

(End of this chapter)