Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 69
After Xue Baochai entered the house, she helped Jia Rui change clothes. While changing clothes, she chatted with him about household matters.

"You said everything came together in a hurry. Yesterday, the Xi'an County Prince's Palace sent me a message, saying that it was the birthday of the Prince and Princess and he invited me to have a drink."

"Isn't this very good? It means that you have entered the circle of ladies."

"It's not over yet! When we were going out today, the wife of Duke Shan Guo passed away, and another post was sent. I just moved and haven't settled down yet. Someone came to post just now, and the wife of Lord Zhen Guo gave birth to a long-term Man, I have to go to congratulate you too, why are you so busy all of a sudden."

After hearing this, Jia Rui also sighed a little. When he was down and down, no one paid attention to him at all. As soon as he raised his voice, he started to have a lot of distinguished guests.

This is true: poor in the busy city, no one asks, but rich in the mountains have distant relatives.

"You've been working hard at home." Jia Rui said, turning around and hugging Xue Baochai gently.

Although Xue Baochai had been married to Jia Rui for a while, she was still a little shy. She patted Jia Rui gently and said, "The maids are watching!"

The little maid Ying'er's chuckle came from the side: "I didn't see it."

"You little girl, you dare to refute your master, let's see how I deal with you."

Saying that, Xue Baochai pushed Jia Rui away and pounced on Ying'er.

Jia Rui was a little surprised when he saw Xue Baochai and Ying'er having fun together. You must know that Xue Baochai has been dignified and generous since she married into their family. It is rare for a little daughter to show such a character.

Soon, it was the day of Qin Keqing's funeral.

Jia Rui, as a member of the Jia clan and a very high-ranking one, was invited by Jia Zhen early on.

Sit for a while and the auspicious time will come.

Afterwards, Jia Rui went out together with the members of the Jia clan and got on their horses.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but Jia Rui is next to Jia Baoyu.

Now Jia Baoyu was wearing plain white silk and satin, with a sad look on his face and his eyes were red from crying.

On the other hand, Jia Rong in front looked like nothing was wrong, entertaining the guests and directing everyone's position.

Comparing the two of them, Jia Baoyu looks like Qin Keqing's husband, while Jia Rong looks like the steward who presided over the funeral.

Jia Rui shook his head, Jia Baoyu cannot be messed with. If the madness occurs again, it will not end well. I am afraid that Jia Zhen will be slapped in the face.

This is 49 young men in Tsing Yi praying for the spirit, and finally there is a set of decorations, which is extremely luxurious.

This kind of reckless effort to spend money made Jia Rui's mouth water. When will he be so rich?
The team started to move forward, and Jia Rui followed among them, looking left and right, only to see a lot of dignitaries coming.

The grandson of the Duke of Zhen Niu Qing now inherited the first-class uncle Niu Jizong, the grandson of the Duke of Li Liu Biao now inherited the first-class son Liu Fang, the grandson of the Duke of Qi Chen Yi inherited the third-rank general Weizhen Chen Ruiwen, and the grandson of the ruling lord Ma Kui inherited the third-rank Weiyuan General Ma Shang and Hou Xiaokang, the first-class hereditary son of Duke Xiu Xiaoming's grandson, except for the death of Duke Shan's wife who did not come, the so-called "Eight Dukes" that day have all arrived.

The rest include the grandson of Nanan County King, the grandson of Xining County King, Zhongjinghou Shiding, the hereditary second-class grandson of Pingyuanhou Jiang Zining, the hereditary second-class grandson of Dingcheng Marquis and Jingying guerrilla Xie Jing, the hereditary second-class grandson of Xiangyang Marquis Qi Jianhui, and the hereditary second-class son of Jingtian Houzhi. Sun Wucheng soldier and horse commander Qiu Liang.

The remaining ones are Han Qi, uncle of Jinxiang, Feng Ziying, son of General Shenwu, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan and other princes and grandsons, too many to count.

Counting the guests, there are about a dozen large sedan chairs, thirty or forty small sedan chairs, and even the family's large and small vehicles, no less than a hundred or ten vehicles, and all kinds of deacons in front, furnishings, and various games.

Not long after walking, colorful booths were set up beside the road, banquets were set up, and music was played, all of which were held by various families for roadside festivals.

The first one is the sacrificial shed of the Prince of Dongping, the second one is the sacrificial shed of the Prince of Nan'an County, the third one is that of the Prince of Xining County, and the fourth one is that of the Prince of Beijing County.

It turns out that among the four kings, only the king of Beijing had the highest merit at that time, and his descendants still follow the king's rank today.Today, Wang Shuirong of Beijing is still young, and he is described as beautiful and gentle.

Recently, I heard that the grandson's wife passed away in the tomb of Duke Ningguo. Because she remembered the friendship between our grandfathers and shared the same hardships and honors, we did not regard each other with different surnames, so we did not regard ourselves as kings. We visited the funeral and offered sacrifices the day before, and now we have set up a road. After laying a memorial ceremony, I ordered all the officials under my command to serve here.I entered the court at the fifth watch. As soon as I finished my business, I changed into plain clothes and came in a big sedan chair with gongs and umbrellas.

Jia Zhen, who was in the team, heard that it was reported that the king of Beijing County had personally come to offer sacrifices, so she hurriedly took several people with authority in Jia's mansion to see the ceremony.

Of course, Jia Rui is also indispensable.

In fact, Jia Rui was unwilling to go there.

One must know that during this period of time he even met the Supreme Emperor in the palace, since he was his confidant, the Supreme Emperor was very casual with him, and Jia Rui's salute was just a formality, very few people bowed down.

But when meeting King Bei Jing, he couldn't be so casual, Bao Buqi had to kneel and kowtow to him.

But even though he was unwilling, he still had no choice but to follow everyone to King Beijing's sedan chair.

Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and Jia Rui met each other with the national ceremony and then exchanged a few polite words.

But King Jing of Beijing didn't seem to notice Jia Rui, the new celebrity, and just talked to Jia Zhen and Jia Zheng.

Jia Rui kept frowning as he watched from the side. In terms of official position, he is now the number one in the Jia family, and in terms of power, he is also quite powerful, and he is also a celebrity in front of the Supreme Emperor.

Although you, the King of Beijing, say that you are a prince, you are only a king with a foreign surname. When you see me, the emperor's celebrity, you treat me like air, which is a bit too much.

But no matter what he thinks, the King of Beijing just ignores him, what can he do?
So Jia Rui could only stand there like a piece of wood, listening to a few people talking.

Somehow, King Beijing turned the topic to Jia Baoyu.

"Which one was born with a jade in his mouth? I have always wanted to meet, but I was busy with official duties and couldn't find time. Today is the perfect time to meet." The King of the North asked.

Jia Zheng quickly agreed, and then went back to bring Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu was a person who judged his appearance. He had heard that King Beijing was a wise king, and he was suave and good-looking, so he had long wanted to meet him.

Therefore, he happily followed his father to the sedan chair of King Beijing Jing.

Then Jia Baoyu raised his eyes and took a peek, only to see Shui Rong, a handsome man wearing a white python robe with four claws sitting on the dragon at the edge of the sea river. His face was like jade, and his eyes were like bright stars.

Just as Jia Baoyu was peeking at Shui Rong, Shui Rong was also looking at Jia Baoyu.

I saw Baoyu, wearing a silver crown with hair tied on his head, and white python arrow sleeves. His face was like a spring flower, and his eyes were like paint. He was really good-looking.

"It's well-deserved, and it's indeed a beautiful jade."

Then King Beijing asked again: "Where is the precious jade that I brought?"

Jia Baoyu quickly took out the psychic jade from his underwear, and then handed it to King Beijing with both hands.

King Beijing Jing took it in his hand and looked at the words on it carefully, then asked: "Is it effective?"

Jia Zheng was afraid that Jia Baoyu would say something impolite, so he quickly answered for him: "Although I said so, I have never tried it."

King Beijing sighed a few words, and then returned the Tongling Baoyu to Jia Baoyu.

After that, he said some words of encouragement to Jia Baoyu, and then asked Jia Zhengyuan to urge Jia Baoyu to study, so as not to delay his future.

During the whole process, the King of Beijing Jing didn't say a word to Jia Rui, nor did he glance at him, completely treating Jia Rui as air.

Jia Rui, who was standing aside, was very angry at first, but as time went by, he calmed down.

There must be a reason why King Beijing ignores him like this.

He seemed to understand something in his mind.

At the end of Red Mansion, King Beijing is still a good prince, and his power has even risen to a higher level.

This shows that the master followed by King Beijing is the emperor, not the emperor who is the great backer of the Eight Dukes of Death.

(End of this chapter)