Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 432 Giving up

The emperor's body began to tremble. What was Jia Rui doing? Does this mean that all his royal relatives will be executed?

He opened his mouth to say something, but looking at the obscure look in the eunuch's eyes below, he quickly shut up.

Now that I am dependent on others and my life is at risk at any time, I dare not say anything.

Jia Yuanchun, who was next to him, saw that something was wrong and quickly shouted away the eunuch.

The eunuch did not dare to neglect Jia Yuanchun. Seeing that she asked him to retreat, he could only curl his lips and exit the Qianqing Palace.

After the eunuch retreated, Jia Yuanchun kicked out the other people in the room on the grounds that he was feeling unwell and needed rest.

When only the emperor and Jia Yuanchun were left in the room, the emperor couldn't help but lay in Jia Yuanchun's arms and began to sob softly.

Jia Yuanchun felt the emperor's grief and indignation through the emperor's trembling body and the hand tightly grasping his wrist.

Jia Yuanchun also sympathized with the emperor very much, but she had no ability. She could only tolerate the emperor with a female mind and comfort his soul.

At this time, the prison of the Ministry of Punishment was already overcrowded, and those usually noble relatives of the emperor were now huddled in the cell, looking outside in horror.

The disaster that suddenly struck yesterday caught these normally pampered royal relatives off guard.

In particular, the heads of the twelve families they led were killed on the spot, which made these people a little scared and worried about their future fate.

And their fate soon came to a verdict.

In the Yangxin Hall, Jia Rui was still sitting on the emperor's throne. Standing below him were three confidants: Shen Wence, Jia Yucun, and Jia Zheng.

"Uncle, you did things quite neatly this time." Jia Rui praised Jia Zheng.

Although Jia Zheng had an excited smile on his face, there was a trace of inexplicable disgust in his eyes.

"When working for the Duke of the country, subordinate officials dare not take credit."

"Haha, don't be modest. You did a great job in this matter."

Then Jia Rui turned the topic to what to do with the remaining royal relatives and relatives, "What to do with the remaining accomplices? Let's discuss it."

As soon as Jia Rui finished speaking, Jia Yucun stood up and said: "Cut the grass without eradicating the roots. The spring breeze will bring new growth. If you want me to say, just behead them all."

Shen Wence glanced at Jia Rui and saw a hint of admiration in Jia Rui's eyes, so he followed the situation and said, "What Mr. Jia said is true. If these people are retained and things go wrong in the future, they will be used as hilts by others. So let’s avoid future troubles.”

Jia Rui watched his two confidants express their opinions one after another, which were also in line with his own wishes, so he nodded with satisfaction.

But then Jia Rui looked at Jia Zheng, "Uncle, what do you think?"

Jia Rui originally wanted to echo Jia Yucun and others, but after thinking about it, many of the people arrested were just children. If these people were also killed, his conscience would not be able to bear it, so he said:

"My lord, many of these are women and children. It's better to just hold the adults responsible for their crimes and put these people in the Jiaofang Department and spare their lives."

Jia Rui looked at Jia Zheng, and then said: "Uncle, you are still kind to women! It's not troublesome to keep them. What if someone really uses one of these people as a target to oppose me? What should I do? "

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui did not look at anyone else and said directly to Jia Yucun: "You personally supervise the execution, and all the royal relatives and relatives involved in this matter will be executed."

"I obey my orders." After Jia Yucun finished speaking, he took the token thrown by Jia Rui and went out arrogantly.

Jia Rui sighed, and then said pretentiously: "I don't want to go on a killing spree, I just can't help myself!"

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui waved his hand and asked Shen Wence and Jia Zheng to retreat as if they were very troubled.

After the two of them came outside, Shen Wence grabbed Jia Zheng's sleeve and said, "Master Jia, you have completely sided with our Duke. Don't dare to be half-hearted in the future, otherwise you will harm others and yourself!"

After Shen Wence said these words, he walked away swaggeringly.

At this time, Jia Zheng was drenched in cold sweat. He did not expect that Shen Wence could see what he was thinking.

At the same time, he also let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I made up my mind to completely draw a clear line with my daughter, otherwise the consequences in the future might not be good.

After all, even Shen Wence could see what he was thinking, so how could Jia Rui know nothing about it?

The reason why he has been tolerating himself is because he helped Jia Rui when he was in trouble, so he owed him a favor.

If I keep ignoring Jia Rui's interests like this, my favor will one day be exhausted. At that time, even if I am Jia Rui's clan uncle, I will not be able to escape the pain of being stabbed.

He let out a sigh of relief and felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders.

That's fine, just pretend that you never gave birth to this daughter and serve the Jia family wholeheartedly.

If there really comes a day when my family also has the status of a county king, it will be better than staying humble and being a small child before.

After fully thinking about it, Jia Zheng returned to Rongguo Mansion refreshed.

As soon as she sat down, Aunt Zhao came over with tea.

Jia Zheng smiled slightly and took the tea cup from Aunt Zhao's hand, took a sip, and then asked: "What's the matter?" "Master, isn't the county examination about to happen? Can you give the people below a call?" Hello, do we, Jia Huan, also want to be a scholar?"

After Jia Zheng heard this, he threw the teacup on the table and said, "I'm confused. The imperial examination is to select candidates for the imperial court. How can I say hello?"

Jia Zheng might make things easier for Aunt Zhao in other matters, but he would never spit on her when it came to matters like the imperial examination.

Firstly, the imperial examination was a thorn in Jia Zheng's heart. He believed that he was very talented. It was because of his father's book that he missed the qualification for promotion in the imperial examination and spent decades in the Ministry of Industry.

Secondly, I have been appointed as the examiner of Enke by Jia Rui. If I facilitate my son at this time, who will trust me in the future, and my reputation among scholars will be ruined.

Aunt Zhao was so frightened that she lowered her head.

Jia Zheng has always been kind to Aunt Zhao, but this is the first time he has scolded her like this.

After all, Jia Zheng had doted on Aunt Zhao for many years. Seeing that she was so frightened, he softened his tone and said, "Don't worry about that evil obstacle. If he is really capable and gets admitted as a Jinshi, and I am taking care of him in the court, let him His official career is going smoothly. If he really doesn’t have that ability, he can just be a rich man at home."

Even though she said this, Aunt Zhao still felt a little unhappy.

Because when she came out of Mrs. Wang's house today, she happened to meet the teacher Jia Zheng hired for Jia Baoyu.

Now Jia Baoyu has a private teacher to teach him personally, and his son is still hanging out in a private school.

If this continues, Jia Baoyu will become an official in a few years, but her son will still be penniless.

Jia Zheng didn't care where Aunt Zhao was sulking, stood up and went straight to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang's maid Caiyun saw Jia Zheng coming and quickly raised the door curtain.

When Jia Zheng entered the house, he saw Mr. Wang talking to Lin Daiyu about the family affairs in the house.

The reason why Mrs. Wang said these things to Lin Daiyu was because she had no choice. Lin Daiyu was a smart and perceptive woman, but she was really not good at housework.

However, in Mrs. Wang's view, the family would still be in charge of Jia Baoyu's wife in the future, so she had to put down her dignity and teach Lin Daiyu all the time.

Although Lin Daiyu was extremely smart, Lin Daiyu would understand as soon as Mrs. Wang said it, but for some reason Mrs. Wang still didn't like Lin Daiyu.

But for Jia Baoyu, Mrs. Wang could only suppress her dislike in her heart.

Today two people are talking about how to collect this year's carbon tribute? What is it used for after receiving it? Several floors are for storage, and several floors are for domestic use.

Just when he was halfway talking, Jia Zheng walked in from the outside.

Lin Daiyu saw Jia Zheng coming in, stood up quickly, saluted Jia Zheng first, then said goodbye to Mrs. Wang and left.

At this time, Mrs. Wang also stood up and sat down in front of Jia Zheng, and then placed her cushion behind Jia Zheng.

Caixia next to her also brought fragrant tea.

Jia Zheng took a sip of tea, then put the tea cup aside and asked, "Is the teacher here today?"

"He's already here. I've also met him. He's a well-read poet. Baoyu should make great progress under his guidance." Mrs. Wang said happily.

It can be said that Mrs. Wang has gone smoothly during this period. The entire Rongguo Mansion is no longer willing to pay as much as before. It finally has a surplus, and the living conditions of the masters have begun to recover.

The entire Rongguo Mansion once again showed a prosperous situation.

It would be the icing on the cake if his son passed the imperial examination again, or even passed the Jinshi examination.

The only thing that made Mrs. Wang still have some grudges was that Lin Daiyu was still not pregnant, which made Mrs. Wang a little unhappy all the time (I don't know if it was true or not).

Jia Zheng stroked his beard happily and said: "Although this old gentleman has not passed the Jinshi examination, he has seven or eight Jinshi students among his students, and he is very prestigious among the scholars. I also trusted him with the relationship. , can we invite this old gentleman to our home as a teacher."

Mrs. Wang also said happily: "I secretly went over to listen to the old gentleman's class just now. His lectures were really good. Although I don't have much knowledge, I still understood what he was talking about."

Jia Zheng stroked his beard with pride on his face, "I hope Baoyu can study hard and live up to my expectations in the future."

While the two of them were talking, a little girl from outside came in and said, "Madam, the mandarin duck at the old lady's place is here."

As soon as Jia Zheng heard that the mandarin duck was coming, he immediately asked someone to come in.

Yuanyang entered the house, quickly saluted Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, and then stood aside respectfully.

"What's wrong with the old lady asking you to come over?" Jia Zheng asked.

"The old lady asked my wife to come over." Yuanyang didn't say any reason.

Jia Zheng had never cared much about the affairs of this family, so he said to Mrs. Wang nonchalantly: "The old lady asked you to come over, so don't delay."

After saying that, he stood up and left the room.

(End of this chapter)