Chapter 296 Backfires
The person who went to Liang's house to inquire about the news did not come back, but waited for Zisha.
She saluted Chen Muqing respectfully and said seriously: "Grandma, you must have heard of the farce on West Street the afternoon before yesterday! Our eldest wife sent me for this."
Chen Muqing didn't want to say much to her and said "yes" without hesitation.
Zisha smiled and said, "Grandma, our eldest wife said that she will not repay her with kindness and tell her about the fact that you lend her silver."
Wang Wenhui reacted so quickly... But if Liang Bogong asked her where the money came from, what would she say she wouldn't say it?
Chen Muqing knew Wang Wenhui's character very well, and did not take her promise to heart. He smiled and said, "It's hard for your eldest wife to think carefully, and said I understand. If you go back, thank your eldest wife for yours on my behalf."
Zisha smiled, as if she could see her mood, and said, "When I came, the eldest lady even gave an order, saying that the Liang family is too hurtful and must leave a way out for themselves and their children. So don't worry, she knows the priorities."
Chen Muqing kept responding to "good", and smiled and asked Yingfen to send Zisha out of the door. The person who went to Liang's house to inquire about the news came back.
"What happened to the Liang family? Why did their third wife run to West Street to curse?"
The person sent was a manager under Pang Debao, whose surname was Liao.
"Grandma, this matter must be said in detail." Liao said, "The Liang family has been getting worse since General Liang's death. Not only was the prestige in the army because of the defeat, but the food, clothing and expenses were all dependent on the income of Jimintang. Therefore, after the collapse of Jimintang, the Liang family only went out but did not go in, and life became more and more difficult." Speaking of this, the person who came showed a strange look, "The second master of the Liang family worked with others to do business outside..."
Chen Muqing knew about this, but he had never known what business Liang Shuxin was doing. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "What business does Liang Erye do?"
Manager Liao lowered his eyelids: "Mr. Liang Ershi has a member at Baihua Restaurant, and he has an investment of 8,000 taels of silver every year."
"Baihua Restaurant?" Chen Muqing was stunned.
Manager Liao nodded: "I heard that Princess Fuhua, the Feng family has members in Baihua Restaurant..."
Is the business of Baihua Restaurant so good? Doing business in Kyoto without a background, no matter how strong your funds and your skills are, it is useless.
"The annual investment of 8,000 taels of silver," Chen Muqing calculated the accounts for the Liang family in his heart, "that can also maintain normal expenses!"
Manager Liao smiled and said, "Money is a bottomless pit, so how can you be satisfied? Besides, there is an old lady in the Liang family who has been ill for many years. The annual decoction and medicine costs are around 4,000 taels of silver. The input of this 8,000 taels of silver is barely enough for the expenses in the old lady's house."
Chen Muqing nodded.
"So after the wife of the Liang family took over, some people were dispersed and several yards were locked up, and the expenses of each room were reduced." Manager Liao smiled and said, "Fortunately, the wife of the Liang family's second and third rooms each had their own dowry. Although the money from the official school was less, they used their own things. At the beginning, they were all in peace."
Jiang Shuangrui is not that kind of mean person, and Mrs. Liang San, although she only met her, it can be seen that she is a very strong person. She has no money in the public school and uses her parents' dowry to be more justified and uncontrollable. Maybe she likes this situation very much.
Chen Muqing thought to himself in his heart, and heard Manager Liao say: "After a long time, he will be in a long house. The Marquis's wife is not at home, and a concubine cannot be the master of the family. The three children are at the same time when they grow up. If others don't feel heartbroken, the Marquis' wife will also feel heartbroken. From time to time, people will come back to the children for use. There is no airtight wall in the world, and it will be soon discovered by the third wife of the Liang family. At the beginning, there was nothing. One day, Mrs. Liang wanted to eat duck. The maids bought the soup and asked it to be made in the kitchen. Seeing the high-end blood swallows steamed in the kitchen, they asked casually, and they replied in the kitchen, saying that it was for the eldest son of the eldest son of the house, and the things were brought by the Marquis from outside. It would be fine, but it was time for the kitchen that day that time to eat, the maids went to the kitchen to urge it. The kitchen said that they had made several supplements for the big house in the morning, and no one helped to make the maid soup for the time being, so it was a little late. Let's wait a little later.
But those maids couldn't do anything, so they just replied.
Mrs. Liang San was originally a terrible person. It is said that the maid in the room was sold out for a wrong thing and was beaten to death. When she was beaten to death, she was even a scammer who had served by Mr. Liang for several years and did not give her face. When she was unhappy, she would take a whip to whip... Such a person with a temper jumped up immediately. He first smashed the kitchen to pieces, and then took a few moms around him to West Street..."
Chen Muqing was stunned when he heard this: "The family room that Mr. Liang has served for several years is not worthy of face... Is he Mr. Liang's cousin?"
Manager Liao carefully looked at Chen Muqing's expression and whispered: "There is only one wife beside Master Liang, who is the cousin named Feng."
No matter how bad Liang Jimin is, he is sincere to Feng Wanqing...
Chen Muqing couldn't help but sigh in his heart and asked Manager Liao: "What's wrong with the Liang family now?"
Manager Liao used to work in the shop of the Xiao family. Chen Muqing once was the third wife of the Liang family, and he knew that. He regretted that he shouldn't have talked about the third wife of the Liang family, but now Shen Muqing doesn't ask, so he is naturally happy to mention it. He hurriedly said, "The Grand Lady of the Liang family called the Marquis back and asked him to divorce Wang immediately. Otherwise, he would not enter the gate of the Marquis' Mansion in Dingyuan."
Feng's behavior is a bit stupid, but this is also her usual behavior.
Chen Muqing did not feel the surprise of Da Tai.
"The Marquis refused, and after leaving the Grandmaster's door, he brought three young masters and aunts into Tongyuansheng." Manager Liao said, "Mr. Liang Er and Mr. Liang San are both in Tongyuansheng now. Are you urging the Marquis to go back?"
Chen Muqing couldn't understand after hearing this.
Is it really because I am afraid that Liang Jimin's reputation will be damaged, so the Liang family tolerate a wife like Xia in every way?
She couldn't figure it out.
When I went to see Shi Jingshu off, I couldn't help but ask her.
"You don't know about this!" Shi Jingshu was surprised when she heard her ask, "That Xia family was just married and asked to divorce him for a few days. The Liang family was eager to do so. But the Xia family proposed that harmony should be taken away. Not only would the Xia family take away all the dowry, but the Liang family also had to compensate the Xia family for 5,000 taels of silver. It also said that the Liang family gave the Shen family three thousand taels, which they lived farther than the Shen family, and the two thousand taels more than the Shen family were regarded as travel expenses. It seemed that the Liang family used part of the dowry of the Xia family, and could not meet the requirements put forward by the Xia family in a short time. This matter was delayed... How could you not know? It had spread throughout Kyoto a few years ago."
Chen Muqing couldn't help but feel ashamed, and thought for a while, saying, "I was in Jiangnan at that time, so how could I know about Kyoto? Maybe it was no longer a new thing when I returned to Kyoto later. Everyone knows the relationship between me and the Liang family, so no one specifically mentioned it in front of me!"
"It may be so!" Shi Jingshu smiled, "Anyway, since the Xia family entered the door, there have been many strange things about the Liang family, and it is not bad for one or two. We don't have time to stare at them every day."
"Yes!" Chen Muqing smiled, and couldn't help asking Shi Jingshu, "I heard from Manager Liao that when Xia lost her temper, she even used a whip to slap Liang Jimin's room..."
Shi Jingshu interrupted Chen Muqing and said directly: "You don't have to beat around the bush. The clever room that Manager Liao said is Feng Wanqing."
It was indeed her.
Although Chen Muqing had no good feelings for her, he still sighed when he heard that she was treated like this by Xia.
"Okay, okay, don't worry about her affairs." Shi Jingshu disagreed with Chen Muqing's attitude and smiled, "Ren Xiang and I go back to Nanjing and live in Yanzilou for the time being. It is not far from the Qinhuai River. If you have time, take the children to come to see me. Nanjing and Beijing are different. At that time, we will go to the Qinhuai River to row."
Chen Muqing nodded repeatedly: "Okay! I'll wait for your business to settle down and I'll post it to me then."
"Sure, certain." Perhaps thinking of Mr. Shi's illness, although Shi Jingshu had a smile on her face, there was a hint of worry in her eyes.
A few days after sending Shi Jingshu and Ren Xiang, it was reported in the middle of the capital that the censor impeached Liang Bogong.
It is said that the emperor was very angry and called Liang Bogong to scold him hard. He asked him to handle the family affairs well, otherwise he would not be qualified to be the Marquis of Dingyuan.
The words scolding Liang Bogong soon spread in the circle of powerful people in the capital. But what is strange is that "if the family matters are not handled well, you are not qualified to be the Marquis of Dingyuan." Such words that make people feel worried are not paid attention to by many people. Instead, "... The emperor said that the reputation of the Liang family for several generations is bad for the fact that the legitimate and illegitimate Liang Yuan is not the difference between the legitimate and illegitimate Liang Yuan... This is the fundamental chaos that shakes the word "the words" have been passed down by many people.
When Chen Muqing heard the news, Xiao Sa bought the house that Shi Shi Chen said. The place was well built as Mrs. Chen said. It imitated the buildings in Jiangnan, pavilions, towers, small bridges and flowing water, exquisite and small.
"We will live in Xishan this summer, right?" Chen Muqing discussed Xiao Sa, "The air in Kyoto is too tense. It's better to be far away."
Xiao Sa hesitated and said, "You have to be a fan!"
"It's quite big over there." Chen Muqing felt annoyed when he thought of Mrs. Chen coming to visit her home every few days, "We first live in the back garden, and let someone powder the outer courtyard and the main room. In autumn, we can then tidy up the back garden."
"Okay." Xiao Sa made up his mind, "Please invite the master and the big shepherd together. I believe we don't need to say it, the master understands the meaning."
Chen Muqing nodded and immediately wrote a post to someone to take it to the Petrochemical Bridge.
Chapter completed!