Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Chapter 243: Grandmother Jia Knows Everything

Lady Jia's thoughts were not diverted by Lady Xing. She continued, "If I had known this would happen, I would have married your sister..."

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang was like a plucked rooster. The thick mask on her face seemed to begin to crack, and claws stretched out from behind the mask.

A mocking smile appeared on her face: "Yeah, why did I marry into this cannibalistic place in the first place!"

After saying this, Madam Wang stood up and walked outside: "Since mother-in-law is just accusing me of an offence, I will not accompany you!"

"you!"

Jia Mu looked at her from behind, and felt a slight pain in the back of her head. But she still suppressed her anger and asked through gritted teeth: "Did you give all the money you took out from the account office to Yuan'er?"

Madam Wang turned her head and said coldly, "Since mother already has a guess, why bother asking me?"

"Stupid! So stupid!" Grandmother Jia cursed twice in a row, but finally let Mrs. Wang leave.

Mrs. Xing looked at this scene with a bewildered look on her face. She looked at Wang Xifeng and asked her what to do now.

Although Wang Xifeng felt a little tired of taking care of her mother-in-law, after spending these days with her, she also discovered that Mrs. Xing was a person who could be seen through at a glance.

At least she wouldn't be like her good second aunt, who didn't know what kind of monsters were hidden under her kind skin.

Grandmother Jia rubbed her aching forehead, looked up and saw that Lady Xing and Wang Xifeng, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were still standing there, and a look of relief appeared on her face.

"The masters will be back tomorrow, go back, go!"

Mrs. Xing wanted to ask a few more questions, but Wang Xifeng pulled her sleeve and said, "Mother-in-law, let's go. You can find out everything you want to know tomorrow."

Mrs. Xing thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case, so she walked out obediently.

On the way back to the East Courtyard, Mrs. Xing couldn't suppress the smile on her face.

She said to Wang Xifeng excitedly, "Feng girl, did you see that just now? The arrogant face of the second son's wife finally has a different expression!"

Wang Xifeng frowned slightly, she was worried that Mrs. Xing was talking too loudly and her aunt would hear her. So she squeezed Mrs. Xing's hand, lifted the gauze curtain and looked outside, confirming that there were no outsiders near the carriage, and then she felt relieved.

She advised Madam Xing, "Mother-in-law, there are Second Aunt's spies everywhere in this house. Aren't you afraid that they will tell her what you said?"

"Why should I be afraid of her?" Mrs. Xing didn't care, but she lowered her voice and continued, "I am so relieved today! In the past, my family background and ability were not as good as hers, so I accepted her as the housekeeper, but she secretly took the money from the accounting office to give to Yuanchun!"

At this point, Mrs. Xing became a little excited again, and her voice unconsciously rose a few notches.

"If she wants to give money to Yuanchun, she should just ask openly. How could I object to something that is good for the Jia family? The old ancestor personally raised Yuanchun, so how could he be reluctant to give her this little money?"

"Mother-in-law! Please keep your voice down!" Wang Xifeng kept reminding Mrs. Xing. But it didn't work.

On the other side, after Lady Xing and the others had left, Grandmother Jia said to the side room, "You few who are so bold, come out!"

Tanchun and the other three little ones looked at Yingchun and Daiyu one after another. Their intentions were obvious, they were all asking whether they wanted to go out.

"Why, do you still want to keep hiding?"

Grandmother Jia's voice was so steady that Daiyu couldn't tell for a moment whether she had really discovered their whereabouts or was just testing them.

"Amber, go to the wing room and bring them all over!"

Well, it seems there is no way to avoid it this time!

Yingchun and Daiyu looked at each other and walked into the flower hall with their sisters.

They were all a little embarrassed after being caught eavesdropping.

It was OK for Tanchun and the others to hide behind Daiyu, but Yingchun and Daiyu had to face Grandmother Jia's gaze directly and had no way to avoid it.

"Yu'er, how much do you know about this mansion?"

Daiyu's heart tightened. She was just thinking about what kind of nonsense to make up when she heard Grandmother Jia say again: "Tell the truth, don't try to fool me."

She sighed and had to answer truthfully: "I know a lot."

"Fairly honest." Grandmother Jia commented, then looked at Yingchun, "What about you?"

Yingchun quickly glanced at Daiyu, weighed the pros and cons in her mind, and decided to push Daiyu out to take the blame: "I know a lot, too. My cousin told me."

Daiyu lowered her head and secretly glared at Yingchun, but she was not really angry.

The three little ones at the back were still secretly gloating, but Grandmother Jia asked them, "What about you?"

Xichun tugged at the corner of Tanchun's clothes, signaling her to speak first.

Shi Xiangyun was the youngest and arrived the latest, so she just looked at Lady Jia and shook her head in confusion.

When Tanchun was pushed like this, she quickly glanced at Daiyu's back and said truthfully, "I know something, but not much."

What she said was true. At least she didn't know that Mrs. Wang was using money to subsidize Jia Yuanchun.

Grandmother Jia nodded, her eyes moved around the five maids, and finally returned to Daiyu, and asked, "Do you know why I am angry?"

The five sisters all shook their heads and looked at Grandmother Jia, waiting for her to clear up their confusion.

Seeing that her granddaughters were so well-behaved, Grandmother Jia felt very relieved. At least these children were good.

“I’m not angry because she used money to support Yuanchun, but because that idiot of hers used the Wang family’s connections to send money into the palace without even consulting me.

It's not that I look down on her Wang family, it's just that she never really considered herself a member of the Jia family! She took so much money out of the treasury and sent it to the palace layer by layer, how much could be left for Yuan'er in the end? Only 2,000 taels out of 10,000 taels could reach Yuan'er, and those people were too soft-hearted! "

When Grandmother Jia said this, she felt deeply saddened.

She secretly asked Yuanchun, out of the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, only 30,000 taels actually fell into Yuanchun's hands. How could she not be angry!

"Grandma, then...what should we do? Wait for the uncles to come out?"

Daiyu knew that it was just a small matter of embezzlement and it was impossible for Grandmother Jia to punish Lady Wang.

But if Jia Zheng were to be exposed, coupled with Aunt Zhao's persuasion, things might turn around.

No matter how painful it is, there is nothing that can be done about what has already happened.

Grandmother Jia calmed down a little and nodded to Daiyu: "Your two uncles and your second brother Lian will be out tomorrow. The emperor sent people from the Ministry of Revenue to settle the accounts, and the Jinyiwei also found a lot of money in Lai Da and Lai Er's homes."

At this point, Grandmother Jia felt upset again. Although she knew that Lai Da would always take money from the public, she didn't expect that the two brothers of the Lai family would be so greedy!

What made her even more distressed was that the money had not yet been returned to the Jia family, but was directly taken away by the emperor.

Although this was also a "deal" between her and the retired emperor, and it was considered as spending money to get the Jia family out of it, but such a huge loss was heartbreaking even for someone like Lady Jia who was used to wealth and luxury!