mtlumby2d Chapter 388 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 59
Chapter 388 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 59
"Things have come to this point. There is no way back on this."
"But there are some things I want to make clear in advance. I think everyone knows how much of the Lin family's wealth was spent on the Grand View Garden when the emperor came to visit. After the first and second wives split up, the account will be settled on whichever family should be held responsible."
"The second brother and his family, do you acknowledge this or not?"
Grandmother Jia had made up her mind about Lin Daiyu's marriage. She did not give the second wife a chance to refuse. She brought it up in person while Jia Zhen, the elders of the Jia family and the people from the first house were all present. Grandmother Jia was not unaware of the rewards given by Jia Yuanchun in the uterus, the gossip spread by the servants in the mansion, and even her secret dealings with those people from the Xue family. However, due to the engagement made by Lin Ruhai and her own hesitation between Jia Baoyu and Jia Lang, she chose to wait and see.
"The Concubine Xian De is not the daughter of our Second House. It is an honor for the entire Jia family if she comes to visit her parents."
It was obvious that the Second Wife did not want to acknowledge her. Everyone present could hear what Grandmother Jia meant. If they used the Lin family's wealth, they must marry the Lin family's daughter. Otherwise, they would have embezzled Lin Daiyu's dowry and spent all the Lin family's wealth.
The eldest master Jia She laughed angrily after hearing what the second wife said. He did not argue with the second wife, a female relative. He just turned to look at the second master Jia Zheng and asked sarcastically, "Second brother, do you mean the same thing?"
"That's not what your Second Branch said when you asked me for money. Now that the money is gone and the family is divided, don't you want to acknowledge these things?"
"Everyone in the mansion knows that Daiyu and your second wife's Baoyu are in love with each other. Now that she has no money left, you despise Lin Ruhai's daughter and set your eyes on the Xue family who also has millions of wealth?"
Jia She originally felt that he was cheated by the second wife's house in the division of the family property because Jia Mu's storehouse was empty. Now that the second wife's house had been used up and was exhausted, it seemed as if they were dumping people to their first wife's house. Could it be that their first wife was destined to be cheated by the second wife's house?
Jia She spoke so bluntly, how could a man like Jia Zheng who cared too much about his reputation keep it to himself? Everyone present was from the Jia family and knew the truth of the matter. Jia Zheng couldn't deny it even if he wanted to. He saw that the Second Wife was still trying to find an excuse, saying that the family had not been divided when the Grand View Garden was built, so naturally the expenses of the second and first wives would not count. She also said that the Xue family also contributed a lot of money when the Grand View Garden was built.
"Wang, okay, Wang, okay, stop talking!"
Jia Zheng also knew that the second wife's excuse was untenable. The money paid by the Xue family was considered a loan, while Lin Daiyu was the one who really paid. In Jia Zheng's heart, Lin Daiyu was still his niece after all. Although Jia Baoyu would not get a dowry by marrying her, he would not lose much.
"Daiyu is my niece after all, so I naturally love her. She and Baoyu grew up together, so it would be great if they could get engaged."
Jia Zheng nodded in agreement, but the second wife was not happy. She just didn't like Lin Daiyu from the beginning to the end. Lin Daiyu was Jia Zheng's niece, not hers. Why did she like her?
"That won't work. I've already received the Xue family's engagement letter, and the Xue family has already gone to the capital."
Lin Daiyu is just an orphan, so what if she regrets it? The Xue family is not as easy to deal with as Lin Daiyu. The Xue family still has relatives in the capital, and Xue Baochai has someone to support her!
After hearing what the Second Wife said, not only Jia Zheng's expression changed, but even Grandmother Jia's face changed drastically. Grandmother Jia could not have imagined that the Second Wife had even exchanged the engagement letter without telling Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu in order to prevent them from being together.
In this case, it is unnecessary to mention that Lin Daiyu still has 200,000 yuan of dowry. Alas, in order to save Daiyu's life, can I only rely on Lang Ge'er?
Grandmother Jia couldn't help feeling guilty when she thought of Jia Lang. She had always used Jia Lang as a tool, not really caring about him. Last time, she had a falling out with him because of the division of the family. Now she was going to ask Jia Lang for help again. Was she going to threaten Jia Lang with a secret again? However, she had already said so much last time, so it was not certain whether this secret could threaten Jia Lang.
Grandmother Jia remained silent, Jia Zheng pretended to be dead, the Second Wife was proud, and Jia Zhen and the First Wife and others watched the fun as if it had nothing to do with them.
"Tsk!" Jia She sneered. In the past, he only thought that his sister-in-law Wang was tongue-tied. Who would have thought that this person had such eloquence, not only that, but also had a cruel heart.
Hearing Jia She's sneer, Jia's mother looked up at him. As Jia Lang's father, if the eldest brother agreed, Jia Lang would have no choice but to accept it, right?
"Why are you looking at me, old lady?" Jia She was agitated by the look from Jia's mother. "Are you asking me, the first wife, to clean up the mess for the second wife?"
Jia She has made up his mind that this time, no matter what, his first wife will never help the second wife to take over the mess. Even if Lady Jia uses filial piety to pressure him, it will be useless. He only has one promising son, Jia Lang, who can't help much. Now, in order to clean up the mess for the second wife, he has to marry a wife who has no dowry, is thinking about Baoyu and is in poor health. Wouldn't that harm Lang'er?
"I've said it before. Since the money was spent by the Second House, before the family split up, you insisted that my First House also had a share. I couldn't argue with you. But now the First House and the Second House have split up. The Second House just said that after the split up, my First House won't get any of the money from the Virtuous Consort in the Palace."
With Jia Lang in this life, Jia She is not as drunken and dreaming as in the plot, and he doesn't care about anything and only cares about his own happiness.
After all, he had been a companion to the prince in the past, so not saying something does not mean that he is not aware of it. Jia Lang's path to the imperial examination could not be helped by the Jia family, but he worked hard on his own, so it would not be difficult for him to find a family of in-laws with a clean family background who could help him in his official career.
But if Jia Lang married Lin Daiyu, not only would he not be of any help, he might even be a burden.
"So, our eldest wife will not fight for the Grand View Garden that was built with millions of Lin family wealth, and Daiyu, an orphan girl from the Lin family, can't even think of getting our eldest wife!"
Jia She spoke bluntly, choking Jia Mu so much that she could not say anything. Originally, Jia Mu had planned to secretly use the 200,000 taels to lobby Jia She.
In Grandmother Jia's heart, Jia She loves money more than Jia Zheng. In fact, Grandmother Jia is right. In his previous life, Jia She was able to pawn Jia Yingchun to Sun Shaozu for five thousand taels, so in this life, he would naturally be able to agree to let Jia Lang accept the marriage proposal with Lin Daiyu for two hundred thousand taels.
However, Grandmother Jia was frightened by Jia She's resolute reaction of disagreement, and really thought that even if Lin Daiyu had a dowry of 200,000 taels, Jia She would not agree.
"If it really doesn't work, why not ask Baoyu to marry both Daiyu and Xue Baochai!"
Jia Zhen was a little tired. He didn't want to play buck-passing with the Rongguo Mansion any more. He thought he had come up with a good solution. Jia Baoyu was not a woman who could only marry one person, but he was a man and it would be no problem for him to marry more than one person.