After the banquet, Lu Jing and Daiyu stayed at Jia's house for half an hour, and at the beginning of the unitary hour, they resigned to Jia's mother and others.

Jia Mu and the others stayed a little, and when they saw that the two of them were very determined to go, they let the two leave.

On the way back, Lu Jing saw that Daiyu was depressed, so he asked, "What's wrong with Madam, did the old lady say something that embarrassed you?" ”

Daiyu was thinking about the conversation with Jia's mother, and when she saw her husband asking, she hurriedly excused herself and said: "Grandmother didn't say anything, I'm just worried about her body, the Jia family has always had all kinds of incidents in the past two years, and there are few people who can worry about it, my grandmother is still working hard at such an age." ”

Lu Jing noticed that her expression was different, so he comforted: "The big family is like this, people have a lot of thoughts, and some fights are inevitable, so Madam doesn't have to feel it." ”

Daiyu also told Lu Jing that Jia's mother knew that the Jia family was in decline.

Lu Jing nodded, although Jia's mother had expected the decline of the Jia family, but she didn't know that the final outcome was to eat all the birds and throw herself into the forest, and the white land was really clean, so she said: "The big tree will be upside down, not a rope to maintain, what is a restless place, for the old lady is helpless." Therefore, it is necessary to establish family style, establish rules, and reduce the internal consumption of family disputes. ”

Daiyu nodded and said, "Husband, don't worry, the concubine will take this as a lesson to take care of our family affairs." ”

Lu Jing held her hand and said with a smile: "Madame doesn't have to mind, the affairs of the Jia family are more complicated, and in the final analysis, it is caused by the decline of power, otherwise just asking for protection from the Jia Mansion or the filial piety of doing things can support the expenses of the Jia family, and even more than enough." When Lao Guogong was here, the pomp of the Jia family was bigger than now, and there was no decline, which was the case. ”

Daiyu thought of what her mother often said about the Jia family, and nodded thoughtfully.

Lu Jing continued: "Our family is not the same as the Jia family, we are heirlooms of poetry and books, we don't pay attention to those pomp, nor do we rely on power, we only pay attention to cultivating the children of the family, even if we only show off our talents, we can find our own future and become the help of the clan." ”

Daiyu was a little pressured after hearing this, and said solemnly: "The concubine will maintain our family style with her heart, manage family affairs well, and there will be no infighting." ”

Lu Jing comforted: "Yu'er don't worry too much, with your intelligence, you will definitely be able to handle all this easily, besides, our family has always respected the master mother, whoever dares to challenge your authority, no matter who you are, you have to send it out." ”

After hearing this, Daiyu felt a little relieved, shook her head and smiled: "How can what my husband said is so serious." ”

Lu Jing said with a smile: "Although it is biased, but the way to govern the family, rather than losing the leniency, it is better to be too strict, the embankment of thousands of miles collapses in the anthill, and the hundred-foot room burns in the smoke. ”

Daiyu shook her head and smiled: "The concubine thinks that there should be leniency and strictness, some things are too much, if you are very strict, you will be resentful, and if you are very lenient, you will be unscrupulous." ”

Lu Jing nodded and said: "Madame is reasonable, but she has not understood its essence, leniency and severity, focusing on judging the situation, not judging the situation, then leniency and severity are wrong, in fact, the way of leniency and severity is not immutable, the key is to see the subtle knowledge, turn to the situation, how to do it is all up to you and me." ”

Daiyu pondered for a moment and said seriously: "The concubine understands what her husband means, just like the Jia family is blindly lenient and lenient, and loses leniency, although Sister Feng'er is strict, but there are still old ladies, eldest wives, and second wives on top to do favors, after all, it is a false appearance, and it has no shape, but it arouses resentment." ”

"It's good that Madame has some understanding!" Lu Jing laughed, and then returned to the original topic: "What do you have to tell the old lady?" ”

Daiyu looked stunned, and said with a smile: "I just said something considerate, but the mandarin duck was extremely enthusiastic and pulled me to talk for a while, I thought she was going to talk to me about my grandmother, but I didn't expect her to just ask Qingwen about it." ”

Lu Jing saw that Daiyu was reluctant to reveal her thoughts, and she heard her mention the abnormality of the mandarin duck, and after a little thought, she gained insight into the mandarin duck's thoughts, although she didn't know the mandarin duck's judgment, but the lonely bird bent her neck and went with the old lady may be her final destination.

Although the mandarin duck is smart, he overestimated his status in the old lady's heart, no matter how Jia Yu is not successful, no matter how partial the old lady is, the two are mother and son whose blood is thicker than water after all, how can they completely turn their faces because of an outsider, once the conflict between the two eases, it is the time for her to suffer.

Her only way out now is to keep provoking the mother-son relationship between the old lady and Jia Yu, so that the two have a dislike, but after all, it is not a long-term solution, not to mention that the old lady is so easy to fool, once the two of them find out, her end will be even worse.

In the original work, she belittled Jia Yu many times without a trace, and the filial piety dishes in each room during the Mid-Autumn Festival, because of her two sentences, Jia's mother returned the dishes of Jia Yu's filial piety, but Jia's mother didn't even mention her arrangements later, and she was dissatisfied with her.

Daiyu saw that her husband was deep in thought, worried that her husband would notice her thoughts, so she hurriedly asked, "What is your husband's idea?" ”

"I'm just thinking about the mandarin duck, now she has no way out, once the old lady goes, she has no way out, presumably she saw that you sheltered Qingwen, and I want you to save her when the time comes." Lu Jing said with a smile.

Since the mandarin duck has not given up the hope of living, and saving her is just a convenient thing, why not, maybe she can still play a big role in the end, and secretly decided to send someone to contact the mandarin duck first, and then gradually take her down after determining her mind.

Daiyu frowned and said: "We can't always take in the maids of the Jia family for no reason, it will cause gossip after all, if the old lady arranges it, I am willing to provide her with some help." ”

said and sighed: "The mandarin duck's temperament is too strong, if you go back to the old lady in private, why would it come to this point!" ”

"This is precisely her cleverness, if she doesn't make a fuss, if the old lady favors her son, she won't have a way out." Lu Jing said with a smile, which brought him to mind the stone nerd, the stone nerd only knows how to blindly fight hard, but he is not as smart as the mandarin duck, he knows how to make dangerous moves, take advantage of the situation, and temporarily protect himself to wait for the opportunity.

Daiyu sighed with emotion: "The old lady can't leave her for a moment, if she can't even eat well without her service, how can she let her go!" ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said: "Who can say this clearly, after all, she is just a subordinate, so naturally she doesn't dare to bet on whether the old lady will favor her, and it has something to do with the old lady when she falls to such a point." ”

Daiyu was a little surprised when she heard this, and after thinking for a while, she suddenly said: "I remember that Sister Feng once said that sometimes when the house can't turn over, she will borrow some from the old lady to deal with it, presumably because someone knows about it, and she wants to use this method to ** the old lady's money." ”

Lu Jing nodded and said: "In Madame's words, those who covet mandarin ducks are not for their appearance, but for the wealth of the old lady, but in the final analysis, it is because the mandarin ducks only have power but no status, and everyone is looking for the mandarin ducks to borrow the old lady's money to turnover, how can the old lady not know, just let the mandarin ducks come forward." ”

"Those who can't borrow don't dare to hate the old lady, naturally they can only blame her, Sister Feng'er as the grandmother of the Jia family will cause so many people to hate, not to mention that she is a maid, the old lady only gives her power and does not respect her position, which will lay the root of the curse for her, even if there is no such thing, once the old lady's big tree falls, the mandarin duck will also be hit by the storm."

Daiyu sighed with understanding: "What the husband means is that the strength is slightly resting, and the position is humble. ”

Lu Jing smiled lightly: "That's pretty much what it means, life is moving forward with a heavy burden in the world, it's just a matter of more and less, like the emperor is carrying the entire country, and I am carrying the honor and disgrace of the family, so I have to do what I can, I can't take everything on myself, it's enough to take the responsibility that I should bear." ”

Daiyu said clearly: "In his position, seek his government, not in his position, do not seek his government." ”

Lu Jing said with a smile: "Madame is right, for example, I am only a six-grade attendant, so I can't get involved in the matters within the scope of their responsibilities of the six departments and nine qings. ”

The two discussed all the way and went all the way home.