PNB Chapter 235 Mutual Attacks
Chapter 235 Mutual Attacks
Thanks to Yingchun's jokes, Daiyu finally felt relieved.
She pulled Yingchun into the bedroom and said, "Come here! I have prepared several rolls of fine cloth for you as your dowry. There is also a very beautiful one. You can use it to embroider your wedding dress. Start embroidering from now on. In two years, you can get married! Hahaha!"
"You little rascal!" Yingchun laughed and started chasing and playing with Daiyu in the room.
The two men took the five pieces of cloth out of the box and placed them on the bed to admire them together.
However, their interest was soon interrupted by the noise outside. They looked at each other and realized that what was coming had finally come.
Daiyu took out a few veils from under the bed, which were the ones they had worn before: "Let's go and give them to the sisters as well."
As Daiyu and Yingchun both had martial arts skills, they could hear the noise in the front yard, while the other servants and maids in the inner yard were still unaware and sat together joking and chatting as usual.
It was not until they heard bursts of exclamations from the corner door of the inner courtyard that they realized something was wrong.
However, the screams soon died down, and before the maids knew what was happening, they were told by others that the Jia Mansion was surrounded and no one was allowed to go out.
Panic gradually spread among the servants. They dropped their work and ran to Lady Jia's or Lady Wang's courtyard, seeking an answer.
When Lady Jia heard the message from the person outside, she felt a buzzing in her head and fell backwards.
"Ancestor!"
Everyone exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly helped Lady Jia up. Some even wanted to go out and call a doctor.
Xueyan brought a cup of water to mix in the water, and she shouted, "Get out of the way! How can the old ancestor get well if you guys are making so much noise like this!"
Everyone paused and wanted to retort, but they were intimidated by Xueyan's aura and became silent.
Xueyan took the opportunity to squeeze next to Jia's mother. Hubo took the teacup and said, "Let me do it!"
She nodded, and while pinching Lady Jia's mouth open, she dripped the medicine into her mouth.
After doing all this, Xueyan stood up, looked around at the maids in the hall, and shouted, "Get out! Do what you have to do! The masters in the mansion haven't been punished yet, and you're already rebelling, right?"
Wu Dengxin's family had been the first to rush forward, but now they asked awkwardly, "How dare we? Aren't we here to ask the old lady for advice?"
Xueyan ignored her sophistry and retorted with the vigor of a maid: "I think you want to take advantage of the absence of the master in the mansion to force the old lady! Everyone, go away! Keep your subordinates under control, and be careful that the master will come back and settle accounts with you later!"
Under the strong deterrence of Xueyan, everyone dispersed and returned to their own courtyards. As for Wu Xindeng's family, they couldn't contact their husbands. Although they were dissatisfied, they couldn't make up their minds, so they left with their servants in dissatisfaction.
But the situation on Mrs. Wang’s side is not so optimistic.
When she heard that Jia Zheng was detained in the palace and the Jia Mansion was surrounded, and that many soldiers and officers had entered the front yard, they seemed to be ready to confiscate the house.
She was so frightened that she almost fainted. However, she was younger and did not faint like Grandmother Jia.
After a while, Mrs. Wang woke up. The first thing she asked when she opened her eyes was, "Where is my Baoyu?"
Jin Chuan felt a little embarrassed by the questions. The person she had sent to inquire about the news was blocked by Shan Daliang's wife and a group of maids and servants before they even left Mrs. Wang's yard. They all clamored for an explanation, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.
But what Daiyu worried about did not happen.
Although the Jinyiwei surrounded the Jia Mansion and sealed the corner gate of the inner courtyard, they did not break into the inner courtyard without permission and harass the female members of the family.
After they took Lai Da, Lin Zhixiao and others away, they divided the people into several teams to guard several important warehouses.
The strong men of the Jinyiwei found the book that recorded the items bestowed by the emperor and began to carefully check the items in the warehouse.
Hearing that their attention was mainly focused on the warehouse, Daiyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that things were not as bad as she had imagined.
At this time, Shi Xiangyun and others also noticed that something was wrong outside, and they gathered in Daiyu's room to ask what was happening outside.
Daiyu pinched Shi Xiangyun's little face and comforted her: "Something happened to the two uncles, but it will be fine as long as we explain it clearly."
On the other side, the grand court meeting had ended. Jia She and Jia Zheng had been kneeling for the whole morning and were already exhausted. They didn't even have the strength to walk, and their knees had lost all feeling.
In desperation, several Jinwu Guards had to carry them to the prison of the Jinyiwei Yamen.
After the bailiffs left, Jia She sneered and began to complain: "The things bestowed by the emperor were all taken away and sold by others! This is how you manage your family! Such a big thing happened, I wonder how you will explain it to your mother!"
Jia Zheng felt very aggrieved when he heard this: "The storehouse is managed by the chief steward, not me."
But to be honest, Jia She is even more innocent than him: he has clearly inherited the title, but he acts as if he has not. He cannot even live in the main courtyard and can only move to the east courtyard in grievance.
"Humph! I don't believe that your wife has been the housekeeper for so many years, and she would really not know about the tricks in the warehouse in the front yard. Maybe she has also had a lot of hands in it!"
When this was mentioned, Jia Zheng was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and his fur instantly exploded: "How dare you say that to me! Even if they did it, they did it in private, at least they didn't embarrass themselves in public. Unlike you, you take a concubine today, and tomorrow you take a fancy to something and reach out to the accountant for your money..."
Before Jia Zheng could finish his words, he was interrupted by Jia She: "Before my father died, he submitted a petition asking me to inherit the title, and the emperor has approved it! What? I'm spending my own family's money, and you still control me? If it weren't for mother, you would all have to move out!"
"You still want to kick mother out? You are so unfilial!"
"You are disrespectful to your brother, you are unfilial!" Jia She also fought back without showing any weakness.
The two of them started arguing with each other, completely ignoring the fact that they were currently in the Jinyiwei prison.
Their actions made the yamen runners hiding in the dark very happy. They recorded their conversation and prepared to report it to their superiors.
In the Jia Mansion.
Seeing that the strong men outside the corner gate had no intention of entering the inner courtyard, the emotions of the female family members gradually calmed down and they all returned to their respective places. However, they could not help but feel some fear and anxiety about their future.
Zhou Rui took his wife to the clinic early in the morning, but when they came back, they found that the Jia Mansion had been surrounded and they could not get in.
He asked the driver to stop the carriage on the side of the road. He did not rush forward, but pretended to pass by and asked the onlookers: "My dear brother, what happened in Rongguo Mansion? Why was it suddenly surrounded by soldiers?"