"Old Ancestor, Eldest Mistress, Second Mistress, and Eldest Second Grandmother are in trouble. There are many soldiers from the Ministry of Revenue and yamen runners from Shuntian Prefecture who are looting the servants 'homes outside.”
"They've caught quite a few people now.
The soldiers of the Ministry of Revenue have surrounded the entire Rong Mansion. No one is allowed to come out.”
At the residence of the Lady Dowager of Rong Kingdom's Rong Qing Hall…
At this moment, Grandmother Jia was sitting on a soft couch and being coaxed by a group of old maids and female masters.
Suddenly, a servant stumbled into the room and pointed outside in a panic. He was reporting to Grandmother Jia, Madam Xing, Madam Wang, and Wang Xifeng.
Hearing the servant's report, the originally lively room instantly fell silent.
"You said that the soldiers of the Ministry of Revenue and the bailiffs of the Shuntian Prefect had surrounded our Rong Mansion and even dared to raid our Rong Mansion.”
Grandmother Jia's eyes widened in disbelief, and her face turned pale. She could not believe that Rong Mansion had been raided.
"Old Lady, don't panic. There must be an imperial edict for a family like ours to be raided. Our family hasn't done anything wrong, so how can we be raided?”
Madam Wang calmed herself down and comforted Grandmother Jia.
However, it was not difficult to see from her gloomy and uncertain expression that she was not so calm at the moment.
Wang Xifeng and Madam Xing, on the other hand, remained silent.
Mrs. Xing was afraid that she would be treated as a punching bag, and Wang Xifeng's lips curled into an imperceptible smile.
Last night, she and Ping 'er had not slept for most of the night and had compiled a list of all the managers in Rong Mansion for Jia Lian. The purpose was to get rid of all these people in one fell swoop.
From today onwards, she, Wang Xifeng, would be the real butler of Rong Mansion.
As for Lady Wang and Lady Jia, it was impossible for them to interfere in the affairs of Rong Mansion.
His grandson greeted the old ancestor, the First Mistress, and the Second Mistress.”
Just as the atmosphere in the room was immersed, Jia Lian and Liu Wen came in from the door one after another.
As soon as he entered, Jia Lian politely bowed to Lady Jia, Lady Xing, and Lady Wang.
"Jia Lian…"
Looking at Jia Lian and Liu Wen together, Madam Wang's heart shook violently, and an ominous premonition rose in her heart.
"The Rong Mansion has been in debt to the Imperial Court for a long time. Today, my grandson went to the Ministry of Revenue and invited Lord Liu over.
However, we have no money left in the Rong Mansion's public account. All the money has been pocketed by those servants in charge.”
"Therefore, your grandson specially went to the Shuntian Prefecture's yamen to eliminate the evil slaves and pay back the money owed to the Imperial Court.”
Jia Lian did not pay any attention to Madam Wang, but spoke to Grandmother Jia in high spirits.
Hearing Jia Lian's words, everyone's expression changed except for Wang Xifeng and Liu Wen.
Grandmother Jia and Madam Wang's faces turned red…
"Evil creature, evil creature!"
The Lady Dowager was trembling with anger at Jia Lian.
He pointed at Jia Lian and scolded him.
She knew that the servant in charge of the family had embezzled the money from the public account, and she had also tacitly approved of it.
Because only by letting these stewards be greedy would they be more loyal to her, and among them, her old servant Lai Nanny's family was the most greedy.
Granny Lai was her dowry maid and had been by her side for decades.
Granny Lai had done a lot of shady things for her in private, and for decades, she had treated Granny Lai as a sister.
If the Lai family was investigated, it would not only cut off her left and right arms, but it would also cut off the family of her good sister, Granny Lai, and her good sister's roots.
"Ah…"
"First Lady, Sister Feng, take everyone out of this room except for Old Lady and Second Lady.
Today, I have something important to tell Old Ancestor and Second Mistress.”
Jia Lian couldn't help but sneer when he heard Grandmother Jia scolding him. Then, he opened his mouth and complained to Madam Xing and Wang Xifeng.
"It's Second Master…"
Hearing Jia Lian's words, Madam Xing's eyes flickered but she didn't say anything. However, she still stood up obediently.
She wished she could leave this place as soon as possible. Although she didn't know what Jia Lian was going to do, it was best for her to be able to stay aloof from matters that had nothing to do with her.
Wang Xifeng stood up with a smile and ordered the servants to leave.
As for Madam Wang, she did not say anything when she saw the situation in front of her, but her face was terrifyingly dark.
How could she not understand that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng had come prepared?
It was a waste of her trust in her niece. She did not expect her niece to betray her.
"Lord Liu, please…"
After Wang Xifeng left with the others, Jia Lian didn't rush to tell Liu Wen. Instead, he gestured for Liu Wen to take a seat.
"Please!"
Liu Wen smiled and made an inviting gesture, then he and Jia Lian sat down separately.
He didn't take Grandmother Jia and Madam Wang seriously at all.
Seeing Jia Lian ignore her and act like a master in front of her, Grandmother Jia was even angrier.
"Vile creature, what exactly do you want?”
Grandmother Jia gritted her teeth and shouted angrily at Jia Lian.
"Second Mistress, if you tell me that I invited Liu Dashan to take over your brother's family property and let the whole world know what you've done, do you think His Majesty will want a concubine with such a mother?”
Jia Lian glanced at Grandmother Jia before looking straight at Madam Wang and said sarcastically.
Hearing Jia Lian's words, Madam Wang and Grandmother Jia's expressions changed drastically.
"How dare you, evil creature? Do you want to destroy Rong Mansion?”
Grandmother Jia shouted at Jia Lian hysterically.
"How dare you accuse me like this!"
Madam Wang glared at Jia Lian with hatred, gritting her teeth as she denied.
At this moment, Madam Wang wished she could tear Jia Lian into pieces.
If she had known that Jia Lian would do this, she would have killed him long ago.
"Hahahahaha…Second Mistress must be joking. The project records are very clear. As long as the account book is handed over to the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice for investigation, the truth will be found out.”
Jia Lian was not surprised to see Madam Wang's stubborn words, because Madam Wang's reaction was within his expectations.
"If Second Mistress is not convinced, then you can ask Lord Liu to come forward.
As for Old Ancestor, you're already so old, and it's time for you to enjoy life. Why do you still interfere in so many things?”
"If you say you want to interfere, then so be it. Why do you have to ally with the second branch to annex everything of my first branch?
You wanted to give the Rong Mansion and the title of nobility to the second branch, but the seniority was in order. Grand Master (Jia Daishan) passed the Rong Mansion and the title of nobility to my first branch, and you…"
" However, you and the Second Mistress have been making things difficult for me and scheming against my First household. You made my First household move out of Rongxi Hall for the Second household to live in. You made the Second household become the actual owner of Rong Mansion, but our First household lives in Rong Mansion like an outsider…"
"That's fine. After all, as long as your ancestor is happy, it's fine. But why did you scheme against my first branch and make my first branch lose its family?
In what way did my eldest branch let you down? Or was my eldest branch raised by my stepmother?”
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