The Red Mansions

Chapter 196 The struggle for power, Wang Xifeng is excited
One street away from the palace, Jia Yun got off the carriage.

He borrowed a horse from Jin Yiwei and went home alone.

Since the emperor summoned him privately today, he did not bring his personal guards.

It can also be seen from this that the emperor does not want the poisoning of the sixth prince to cause too much trouble.

To put it bluntly, he himself can't control the court situation right now, and he doesn't really want those princes to come out to make trouble.

As for Jia Yun, she would naturally keep her distance from those princes.

Power is a good thing. The poisoning of the sixth prince can be seen from a glimpse of the whole leopard. Although the participation of other princes is indispensable, the main force is definitely the old nobles.

You must know that kind of Miaojiang Gu poison, although Jia Yun encountered it twice, it is not something that ordinary people can buy casually.

At present, even the power of the emperor is being suppressed by many parties, not to mention the power formed by the princes in private.

If you can do something in Zhili in the north and south, it is considered good, and you can't go too far.

Besides the long-term considerations, the reason why the old dignitaries picked up the princes' infighting is probably related to the recent loss of the Beijing camp.

Although it was a deal between the king of Beijing County and the emperor, it was certain that they would not be reconciled, so they wanted to find a place elsewhere.

Let the princes fight, and the old nobles hide behind, stay far away, and sit on the mountain to watch the tigers fight.

The more fierce the princes fight, the more the emperor is in a state of distress, the more beneficial it is for the old nobles, and it is more beneficial for them to profit from the chaos and infiltrate the court.

But obviously, the emperor would not be fooled.

At the beginning of the incident, the Prince Wu's Mansion was under control and no news was allowed to spread.

Even if someone knew that something happened to King Wu, they would only think that he was sick.

Even those nobles probably wouldn't have thought that it was King Wu who was allergic to slower poisons, which ruined their good deeds.

"It's no wonder those imperial doctors are in panic all day long, they are afraid!" Jia Yun thought to herself.

The emperor must have put a gag order on the insider at the very beginning.

As for today's matter, as long as a single word is leaked, none of the imperial doctors will be able to escape, and all of them will be beheaded.

Those who can become imperial physicians are naturally not comparable to these half-pot imperial physicians on the street, and their medical skills are more superb.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not be beheaded.

It is not easy to train an imperial physician, after all, even the royal family would not cut off the imperial physician's head at every turn.

No matter how many imperial physicians there are, it is not enough to kill them.

Having said that, which imperial doctor doesn't know a few things about royal secrets?

If you really want to chop off the head of the imperial doctor twice in three days, almost everyone will be beheaded. If someone in the royal family is sick, who will treat him?

However, things like today's, involving princes seizing the throne, have always been extremely sensitive.

If someone does not abide by the gag order, then a large number of people will be killed, and the royal family will not hesitate.

And although Jia Yun didn't receive the gag order, it doesn't mean he can talk nonsense.

On the contrary, the emperor acquiesced that he had the proper political literacy, and hoped that Jia Yun could understand the meaning.

Otherwise, he is unqualified, and if there is any confidential matter in the future, he will basically have no chance with him.

On the way back, Jia Yun pondered a lot and realized the cruelty of the struggle more clearly.

"When doing things on the bright side, you must stand on the moral high ground, and you can do everything in the dark!"

This is Jia Yun's essential view on the mutual attack of multiple forces.

"I still have a lot to learn!" Jia Yun sighed heartily.

In his previous life, he never really stepped into the officialdom to cultivate and understand the culture.

Even if you can get a glimpse of one or two incidents from the history books, you don't feel deeply, just read it as a story.

Now that she has really come into contact with these things, Jia Yun realizes that she is still too immature.

"Learn slowly in the future, watch slowly!"

When she was about to get home, Jia Yun restrained her mind and didn't bring her outside emotions home.

As for the ancestral hall and Yixue, when he left earlier, he had greeted Jia Dailing and did not go there anymore.

……

Jia Fu.

Jia Zheng returned to the mansion dejectedly, and reported to Jia's mother how he went to participate in the Sanfang ancestor worship today.

During this period, we talked about inviting Jia Yun to come over to suppress luck.

Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "I haven't said anything yet. I never had a chance. My boy wanted to talk to Brother Yun after dinner, but there was something urgent in the yamen, so he was called away."

"The boy is at the Sanfang Free School, and he didn't come back after waiting for an hour."

Jia Mu pondered: "It would be best to invite him here. He has a reputation for educating people, and now he is a speech officer, so he must have a certain literary spirit."

"But according to me, you can't have too much hope for this matter. If it doesn't work, let Lang Geer do it."

Jia Zheng thought for a while, then sighed, "That's the only way to go!"

Sister Feng's courtyard.

Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lian who was drinking tea to quench his thirst, and said with contempt:
"You are also a man, so you can't imitate Jia Yun. When will you have a good time?"

Jia Lian was not angry either, he laughed, shook his head and said:

"I can't compare to him. Making meritorious service on the battlefield is a major event that truly honors our ancestors. I don't want to lose this glory and wealth and risk my life to fight!"

Wang Xifeng said: "Things that are worthless are boring to look at. Even if Jia Yun does not make meritorious service on the battlefield, she is just an ordinary civil servant, and she is more beautiful than you."

"Don't talk about anything else, look at Fifth Sister-in-law and Xue's Cousin, aren't they both sealed? When can you earn one for me, and I'll make you look good?"

Jia Lian took a long look at Wang Xifeng, who was ostentatious, swallowed secretly, and said in a bad mood:

"When my father dies, you will have your own destiny!"

If outsiders hear this, they will definitely be regarded as unfilial, but now it's just in the bedroom, Jia Lian is not afraid to say it.

As for his filial piety to Jia Amnesty, he was beaten all these years ago.

Wang Xifeng cast a sideways glance at Jia Lian, shook her head in disappointment, got up and lay down on the bed sullenly.

As a woman, it would be a lie to say that she doesn't care about imperial orders.

She was a pushy person.

That is, after following Jia Yun, in the past year, he slowly suppressed his temper and acted in a low-key manner.

But her pursuit of being in the limelight has not changed in her bones, whether it is vanity or anything else, she doesn't want to just remain unknown in Jia's mansion.

At this time, Ping'er was sweating profusely, and walked in with a box in his arms.

Seeing that Jia Lian was there, Ping'er pursed his lips, treated the box as an ordinary thing, and casually stuffed it on a shelf.

Jia Lian took a look and didn't think much about it. Seeing that Wang Xifeng was angry and didn't speak, she didn't bother to coax her, so she drank another glass of water and went out.

Now that the two have been separated for a long time, if it wasn't for Wang Xifeng's body and fear of offending the Wang family, he would have divorced her with a divorce letter and lived a happy life by himself.

After Jia Lian left, Ping'er walked to the bedside and reminded in a low voice, "Don't pretend, everyone is gone."

Wang Xifeng sat up abruptly, and said excitedly, "Tell me quickly, how much money we have earned since we opened the spice shop!"

Ping'er glanced outside the door, moved closer, and whispered: "8000 taels of pure profit!"

"hiss……"

Wang Xifeng gasped, her eyes widened, her heart trembled, and she wanted to sing loudly with excitement.

"One...month...just, earned more than 8000 taels?"

Wang Xifeng breathed heavily from his nostrils, looked straight at Ping'er, and confirmed with some difficulty in breathing.

Ping'er bit his lip, nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, it's just so much money. The servant brought back some banknotes and cash, and I'll show it to grandma!"

"I want to see, I want to see!" Wang Xifeng trembled excitedly.

It's not that she has never seen money, but she has never made so much money at once, and she is really excited.

Soon, Ping'er went to fetch the box and opened it for Wang Xifeng to see.

Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up, and he took out the silver bills inside. There were 380 silver bills of one hundred taels each, and the remaining fractions were all silver ingots.

"I've made a lot of money!" Wang Xifeng said a little untruthfully while holding the banknote.

Ping'er stood beside her, watching her talking to herself without disturbing her.

When she was paying bills in the shop before, she was not much better than Wang Xifeng at this moment, her heartbeat almost stopped, and it took a long time to recover.

Therefore, Ping'er fully understands Wang Xifeng's mood at this moment.

After a while, Wang Xifeng came back to his senses. After suppressing his emotions, he put the silver ticket back into the box and locked it, hugged it in the box, and said to himself: "I want to see him, I want him, I will go today!"

Ping'er's eyes lit up, and he agreed, "That's good, the servant also thinks, I'm getting hungry these days."

"Ha ha……"

Wang Xifeng showed a smile, now that he has earned so much money, the feeling of making a fortune silently is really good, and the depression he had acquired from Jia Lian before was instantly swept away.

"Okay, let's all go! Let's take a shower and change clothes, dress up beautifully, and send them to your door!" Wang Xifeng said with a smile.

Jia Yun's house.

After coming back from the outside, after bathing and changing, Jia Yun was going to talk to Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu for a while.

At this time, Xiren suddenly came to report that Yuanyang had come and wanted to talk to him.

"Take her to the study, I'll go there later." Jia Yun pondered.

Xiren turned and left to arrange for the mandarin ducks.

Jia Yun summoned Jia Wenlin and asked him how he had arranged for someone to control Ma Daopo.

"Ma Daopo went to a neighboring county today. She said that a rich family asked her to do something, and she probably won't be back until evening at the soonest." Jia Wenlin replied.

Jia Yun nodded, waved Jia Wenlin back, and walked towards the study.

in the library.

After Xiren brought the mandarin ducks in, he asked the little maid to bring some refreshments, and she made a pot of tea herself before leaving.

Before the tea table, Yuanyang came to Jia Yun's house for the first time, and was a little nervous.

She held the cup in both hands, lowered her head, blushed, pursed her lips from time to time, took deep breaths, and adjusted her emotions.

Suddenly, a pair of solid arms hugged her from behind.

Yuanyang was startled, and almost spilled the tea, but fortunately, she reacted quickly, smelling the familiar manly scent, her heart instantly became hot.

"Um……"

Yuanyang snorted softly, closed her eyes, relaxed her whole body, leaned gently in Jia Yun's arms, without any resistance, and let Jia Yun start to play with her.

PS: Are there no tickets yet?

(End of this chapter)