Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 38 The Murderer Emerges

"Is Master Jia here to come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for something?"

Xia Shouzhong came to Jia Rui with a smile.

And Jia Rui also had an expression of humility, "If it's too hard for you to ask me, you can just send a little eunuch out to ask questions."

"Don't dare, Master Jia is an important minister of the imperial court, a minister that the emperor must use, how dare I be rude?"

After replying to Jia Rui, Xia Shouzhong kept the same sentence and asked Jia Rui why he came here.

"Eunuch Xia, Prince Zhongshun is asking for an audience at Qianqingmen. I don't know whether I should let him go, so I came to ask the emperor."

Xia Shouzhong narrowed his eyes, then said with a smile: "Master Jia, wait here for a while, I will go in and call back to the emperor."

After finishing speaking, Xia Shouzhong turned around and entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

In the Yangxin Hall, Emperor Xiaokang was sitting on the throne correcting the memorial.

Xia Shouzhong quietly slipped from the edge of the hall to behind Emperor Xiaokang, and then said softly:
"Long Live Lord, Prince Zhongshun asked for an audience at Qianqing Gate, but Jia Rui blocked him there. Jia Rui came here to ask for an order, whether to let Prince Zhongshun enter the palace."

Emperor Xiaokang put down the pen in his hand and smiled.

"He can be regarded as meeting the truth."

Xia Shouzhong naturally knew that Emperor Xiaokang was talking about King Zhongshun.

The domineering nature of King Zhongshun in the court was obvious to all. In the past, he never greeted anyone in advance before entering the palace, and there was no such thing as a badge to ask for orders.

When I met Jia Rui today, I suffered a huge loss.

Xia Shouzhong rolled his eyes, and then said in a low voice with a smile: "Long Live Lord, Lord Zhongshun is the emperor's beloved son, he can't vent his anger even after being angry. Could it be that the emperor will be angry with his beloved son because of Jia Rui?" ?”

After Emperor Xiaokang listened, he tapped the imperial case a few times with his fingers, and then said silently: "It makes sense."

Then Emperor Xiaokang raised his head, his eyes sparkled, and said to Xia Shouzhong: "Decree, King Xuan Zhongshun will see you."

"The slave obeys the order."

After saying that, Xia Shouzhong bowed his body and exited the Yangxin Hall.

"Master Jia, the emperor has a decree to declare his loyalty and obedience to the king."

"Your Majesty Jia Rui accepts the order."

After finishing, Jia Rui saluted Xia Shouzhong again, then left the Yangxin Hall and hurried back to Qianqing Gate.

King Zhongshun, who was already a little impatient here, left Qianqing Gate and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation after getting the news.

Seeing that the master was finally sent away, Jia Rui also breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, Jia Rui's plan was to patrol around here at Qianqingmen, and then he was going to be on duty and go home, but with this master in the palace, Jia Rui didn't dare to leave.

Come on, for the sake of peace, wait for this master to leave the palace before going home by himself.

Just like that, Jia Rui sat at the duty station of Qianqing Gate, drinking tea and eating snacks.

About an hour and a half later, when it was almost time for lunch, a guard outside hurried in to report.

"My lord, Lord Zhongshun is coming to this side. The brothers below saw King Zhongshun's aggressiveness, so let the younger one come to report to the Lord in advance."

Jia Rui frowned when he heard that.

But Jia Rui quickly calmed down. No matter how powerful you are, King Zhongshun, what can you do?Could he still be more powerful than the Supreme Emperor?
So Jia Rui slowly put the teacup on the table, then stood up and straightened his lord's robe, then followed the soldier out.

When he came to Qianqing Gate, he happened to meet King Zhongshun coming out.

When King Zhongshun saw Jia Rui coming from a distance, he felt his veins pounding in his forehead and a surge of anger in his heart.

He didn't care about etiquette, he walked in front of Jia Rui in a few steps, raised his arm and slapped Jia Rui.

As far as Jia Rui's current kung fu is concerned, let alone a loyal and obedient king, even a hundred of them would not be able to enter his body.

But the current Jia Rui didn't dare to fight back. You must know that this is the Qing Dynasty. There are so many guards around. If he dares to fight back, the Supreme Emperor will have to punish him even if he faces him again.

Therefore, although King Zhongshun's arm looked like a snail crawling in Jia Rui's eyes, he still lowered his head and received a hard slap.

"Snapped."

A crisp sound sounded in front of Qianqing's door.

This moment stunned the guards around him.

Although Jia Rui is a minister of the royal family, he is still a third-rank official no matter how noble you are. No matter how noble your status is, King Zhongshun is just an idle prince. How dare you hit a high official of the imperial court.

In fact, after King Zhongshun finished beating Jia Rui, he also regretted it.

This Jia Rui is no ordinary person. He is a dog of the Supreme Emperor. To beat a dog, it depends on the owner.

If I just hit my father's dog like this, my father won't be angry, right?
The other one is that Jia Rui heard that he liked it quite a lot with his father, so if he heard any slander in his father's ear, he would be able to drink a pot of it himself.

Just when both parties were embarrassed, Jia Rui acted as if nothing had happened and thanked King Zhongshun with a smile.

"Thank you, my lord. The mosquito on my face has been lying here all the time. I dare not move for fear of impoliteness. Thank you, my lord, for driving it away."

One must know that it is a cold day now, where are there any mosquitoes? Jia Rui said that, he just wanted King Zhongshun to have a ladder to go down the steps.

King Zhongshun was not a fool either, once he heard what Jia Rui said, he immediately fell off the donkey.

"Haha, it's just a small matter, do we still need politeness?"

After King Zhongshun said these words, it was like Jia Rui casually cupped his hands and left.

Jia Rui looked at the back of King Zhongshun leaving, sparks of anger flashed in your eyes.

I, Jia Rui, have remembered this grudge.

Let's see who will have the last laugh.

After finishing, Jia Rui returned to the duty station with a gloomy face. Before he finished his cup of tea, a young eunuch hurried in.

"Master Jia, the Supreme Emperor has sent a decree for you to pay an audience in Longshou Palace."

Jia Rui quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Jia Rui, accept the order."

After speaking, he followed the little eunuch and hurried back to Longshou Palace. This time, Dai Quan was standing at the door. When he saw Jia Rui coming, he immediately stepped forward and looked at Jia Rui. Seeing that he was fine, he relaxed. Take a breath.

"The Supreme Emperor already knows about the Qing Dynasty."

"Then what does the Supreme Emperor mean?" Jia Rui felt a little uneasy.

"Brother, don't worry, the Supreme Emperor is very angry when he knows that you were humiliated in Qianqingmen."

Jia Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he felt a little proud.

It seems that [-]% trust is more powerful than I imagined.

Think about it, even if it is a son, the Supreme Emperor cannot trust them [-]%.

Once there is a conflict between himself and his sons, the Taishanghuang's psychological balance will at least be in a balanced state, and will not tilt towards his son, and may even tilt towards himself.

In this way, Jia Rui put down his anxiety and followed Dai Quan into the Dragon Head Palace.

In the side hall of Longshou Palace, the Supreme Emperor was reading a book expressionlessly, and the hall seemed completely silent.

Jia Rui quickly stepped forward and kowtowed, performing the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers.

The Supreme Emperor put down the book in his hand, raised his hand casually, and asked Jia Rui to stand up.

"I know about the Qianqingmen, this old fifth is getting more and more out of tune."

King Zhongshun ranked fifth among the sons of the Supreme Emperor.

Then, the Supreme Emperor picked up an imperial letter from the table and said, "Dai Quan, go and convey the order. From now on, no one is allowed to enter the forbidden palace without my or the emperor's order. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed."

When Jia Rui heard it from the side, he knew that this was the Supreme Emperor venting his anger on him.

So Jia Rui fell to his knees excitedly and kowtowed repeatedly.

"The Supreme Emperor's kindness to me is so great that I have nothing to say and will only die."

After saying these words, Jia Rui shed a few tears in excitement.

The Supreme Emperor looked at Jia Rui's excited look below and nodded with satisfaction.

As expected, he is his most trusted subject, his loyalty to him is unparalleled, and he can entrust him with great things in the future.

(End of this chapter)