Dream of the Red Chamber: I can upgrade my entries!

Chapter 16: Rampaging through the Rongguo Mansion, Lady Wang was so angry she vomited blood!

"Yan-ge'er".

Seeing that Rongqing Hall was in complete chaos, Grandmother Jia could no longer contain herself and said, "You are from the East Mansion, and I shouldn't be involved."

"Just don't forget, this is the Rongguo Mansion, not the Ningguo Mansion."

“What you have done today is nothing short of disobedience and filial impiety.”

"hiss!!!"

Everyone in Rongqing Hall gasped in shock.

The dynasty governs the country with filial piety, and being disobedient and unfilial is a serious crime. Whether in the Jia family or outside, how can Jia Yan hold his head high if he is labeled with this?
"Yes, of course."

With a slight smile, Jia Yan was not at all surprised by Grandmother Jia's reaction.

Judging from the original work, Grandmother Jia undoubtedly doted on Jia Baoyu to the extreme, and it is no exaggeration to call him the apple of her eye.

He's now proposing to open an ancestral hall to punish Jia Baoyu. How can Grandmother Jia not fly into a rage?

'? ? ? '

Upon hearing this, all the women present were filled with astonishment and doubt. Why was Jia Yan not afraid of such a serious crime, but instead seemed to be delighted?

'evil creature!'

Lady Wang stared intently at Jia Yan, her eyes filled with resentment and hatred. She had never been so humiliated before.

Madam Xing, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, and the other women had some indescribable emotions, after all, it was their first time meeting this second master of the East Mansion.

Only Lin Daiyu and Xiao Xichun showed worry on their faces, while Yingchun and Tanchun stared blankly at the scene unfolding before them.

"What a disobedient and unfilial son!"

Seeing the expression on Grandmother Jia's face, Jia Yan said calmly, "Grandmother, since you know so much about this, I'd like to ask you."

"How about the charge of insulting a relative by marriage?"

"First, he ordered a treacherous servant to open the side gate to welcome guests, and then he allowed his son to tarnish a woman's reputation. Shouldn't he be killed?"

Boom!

The words, like a bolt from the blue, resounded throughout Rongqing Hall.

'Shufen!'

Grandmother Jia looked at Lady Wang with some disbelief.

Only now did the women of the Rongguo Mansion realize why Zhou Rui's wife had been whipped. Opening the side gate to welcome Lin Daiyu into the mansion was no longer welcoming guests; it was making an enemy. Let alone relatives by marriage, how could a noble family tolerate such an insult?

"In the 78 years since the founding of the Great Qian Dynasty, the Ning and Rong families have been established in the capital for generations, relying on military and legal expertise and fighting bloody battles."

"The two dukes, Ning and Rong, the two generations of Ningguo Prefecture officials, and the two generations of Rongguo Dukes were all like this."

"Why does the founding line of the dynasty regard the Jia family as the head?"

"First, respect military merit; second, respect family tradition. After what we've done today, does the Jia family still have the face to stand among the nobles?"

"It would be better if tomorrow I asked my father to petition the court to strip himself of his two noble titles and demote him to a commoner. That way, some people will not be able to bully others here because of the wealth and honor that the Jia family has earned through three generations of bloodshed."

'what? '

The Rongqing Hall was deathly silent. Madam Xing, Li Wan, and Wang Xifeng all looked at Madam Wang, their bodies covered in cold sweat. How dare she do this?

Grandmother Jia suffered a splitting headache, stumbled back a few steps, and collapsed onto the couch, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Lin Daiyu's mother, Jia Min, was the only legitimate daughter of Jia Daishan, the second-generation Duke of Rongguo. Her father, Lin Ruhai, came from a family of marquises for four generations. His family was known for its poetry and literature and was highly respected by the literati in Jiangnan. He himself was a third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination and was currently serving as the Grand Master of the Imperial Academy and the Salt Commissioner of Yangzhou. He was also favored by the emperor.

If Lin Ruhai finds out that the Jia family is treating Lin Daiyu so lightly today, he will surely become sworn enemies with the Jia family. The entire Daqian will regard the Jia family as disrespectful. Who will dare to marry into the Jia family in the future?
"You're talking nonsense."

Madam Wang's face turned ashen, and she gritted her teeth as she argued back.

"Right and wrong will be judged by history."

"You think no one knows about the dirty things you've done?"

"If you had dared to treat your aunt like this when she was still alive, I would have respected you."

"He holds a grudge against his aunt for so long after her death, and can only find a sense of existence by targeting a weak woman. It's utterly ridiculous."

Jia Yan glanced at Madam Wang and said sarcastically.

'Thump!' The women of the Rongguo Mansion were startled, all showing expressions of shock. So that's how it is.

'Mother.'

The intelligent and perceptive Lin Daiyu could easily have guessed the key: there must be some sordid affair between Lady Wang and Jia Min that led them to plot against her.

"you you you."

Lady Wang was furious when she saw that everything had been exposed, but she was helpless against Jia Yan.

"Heh, the Wang family, with the descendants of a county magistrate, it's no wonder they raised such a lowly thing."

"I think everyone knows very well how Wang Ziteng became the military governor of the Beijing garrison."

"Let alone today, even if you were a prince in the past, would you dare to do this to the Lin family?"

With his hands behind his back, Jia Yan said coldly, "I am from the East Mansion, and I really shouldn't interfere in the affairs of the West Mansion."

"I just happened to come across this incident outside the door, so I decided to come and see what was going on. I never expected that the Rongguo Mansion would be so corrupt and chaotic."

"A hen crowing at dawn only invites ridicule."

"puff!!!"

Madam Wang was so angry that she felt a surge of heat in her chest and vomited blood on the spot, her face turning deathly pale.

"Aunt/Mother-in-law"

Wang Xifeng and Li Wan quickly helped Madam Wang up and helped her to sit down on a rosewood chair.

Everyone else was dumbfounded. Jia Yan had angered Lady Wang to the point of vomiting blood with just a few words. They simply couldn't believe it.

"old lady."

"The difference between men and women has been known since ancient times."

"If the Western Mansion is unwilling to acknowledge the Jia family, it can summon the clan elders to discuss and divide the family property."

"But as long as the West Mansion still considers itself a member of the Jia family, I cannot sit idly by and watch others disgrace our family."

Looking directly at Grandmother Jia, Jia Yan spoke expressionlessly.

"you"

Grandmother Jia was also filled with mixed feelings, but she dared not threaten Jia Yan as she had before.

If the Jia family were to split up, she, the so-called matriarch, would probably be sent back to the Shi family, becoming the biggest laughing stock in the capital.

“From now on, anyone who dares to use the name of the Jia family to commit evil deeds outside or act recklessly and unruly within the family.”

“I will personally go to Xuanzhen Temple to ask my father to uphold justice. Don’t forget, my East Mansion is the lineage of the clan leader.”

“The rules and regulations were already established by the Dukes Ning and Rong in the past.”

"Don't dare."

All the women knew who he was talking about; who else could it be but Lady Wang and Jia Baoyu?

Jia Baoyu was already so frightened that he hid in a corner, trembling, and didn't dare to look at Jia Yan at all, looking just like a good-for-nothing.

"Grandma."

Provoked by Jia Yan, Lin Daiyu realized who was behind all of this. She stood up and said with a tense face, "Father pitied my maternal grandmother's grief over the loss of her loved ones, which is why he ordered me to come to Rongguo Mansion to fulfill my filial duty to my mother. The Lin family does have a mansion in the capital."

"Yu'er."

Grandmother Jia then remembered that she was there to receive her granddaughter Lin Daiyu, and a deep sense of helplessness appeared on her wrinkled old face.

"Miss Lin has misunderstood."

"Of course you are welcome in the Rongguo Mansion. Some people cannot represent the Rongguo Mansion."

Madam Xing spoke up to comfort her, saying, "I will speak with your uncle about what happened today, and I will make sure you don't suffer any injustice here for no reason."

"Thank you very much, Aunt."

Lin Daiyu gracefully returned the greeting.

This scene fueled the resentment in Madam Wang's eyes, and Madam Xing was no longer just trying to sow discord between her and others.

(End of this chapter)