Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 217 Wang Yuyan’s soup
Osmanthus Alley, Jia Mansion.

Jia Qiong had just returned home from work, changed into casual clothes, and came to the dining room to eat.

Today he went outside the city to inspect the resettlement situation of the people in Shuangquan Town, and came back late.

Wang Yuyan and Qin Keqing had already had dinner, but they still sat beside them.

Jia Qiong advocates simplicity, and only eats four dishes and one soup. However, he has a big appetite, and he will basically eat out several dishes.

But today's soup looks dark, and I don't know what it is made of.

Jia Qiong took a sip and found that the taste was really unflattering, smelling like medicinal soup.

Jia Qiong asked speechlessly: "Who made the soup today? It tastes really bad. Is it burnt?"

Wang Yuyan glanced at him sideways and said, "I made this. Why, does it taste bad?"

Jia Qiong sneered and said, "Why did you remember to cook by yourself today?"

Qin Keqing chuckled lightly, put a large bowl of soup in front of him, and said, "Drink more, husband, don't let my sister down."

Jia Qiong reluctantly picked up the bowl, pinched her nose and took a breath, then quickly picked up two more chopsticks to suppress the strange smell in her mouth.

Wang Yuyan said: "This is a folk remedy that my aunt gave me. She asked me to make it specially for you to drink."

Jia Qiong understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. It was his aunt who gave birth to the baby again. No wonder Wang Yuyan didn't give him a good look.

He said helplessly: "I said this soup tastes so bad, so it turns out it's medicine.

The same goes for my aunt, I have no need for this in my body. "

Wang Yuyan snorted and said, "Not only do you have it, but Sister Qin and I also have it. It tastes worse than yours."

Jia Qiong waved her hand and said, "Don't drink it. It's a medicine that's [-]% poisonous, so don't eat it randomly.

How can you get sick if you drink it again if you are not sick? "

Wang Yuyan curled her lips and said, "You can tell your aunt about this. I went to see my sister-in-law today, and my aunt kept nagging me about it for a long time.

Anyway, I dare not disobey my aunt's orders. "

Jia Qiong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll just tell my aunt later.

My sister-in-law is about to give birth. How is her health? "

Wang Yuyan said: "The doctor said it will take another two months, and [-]% of the time the baby will be born in the twelfth lunar month.

My sister-in-law's health is fine, but as the saying goes, people are afraid of people born in the twelfth lunar month, and my aunt is worried about this. "

Qin Keqing echoed, "The winters have been getting colder and colder in recent years, and we can't light too many charcoal pots in the delivery room for fear of exposing the baby to the smoke. Giving birth in winter is really difficult."

Wang Yuyan nodded and said: "The house in Qingpingqiao doesn't have a fire wall or a dragon. Why don't you tell your aunt and let your sister-in-law go to my house to wait for the birth?"

Jia Qiong smiled and said: "No, there are so many disaster victims under my control now, and they live in shabby houses, so winter must be difficult.

I happened to have someone get a heater specially used for keeping warm. I will install it in my sister-in-law's room first to make sure that the children and adults don't get cold. "

Wang Yuyan said happily: "That's great. I'll tell my aunt tomorrow to make her happy."

The three of them were chatting when they heard Yuntao come to report: "Sir, Liu Xianglian wants to see you. It seems there is something urgent."

Yuntao is now Jia Qiong's personal bodyguard when he goes out, and acts as a concierge when he is at home.

Jia Qiong nodded and said, "I know, I'll be there right away."

"Yes."

Wang Yuyan asked curiously: "It's already dark, why is he here at this hour?"

Jia Qiong said: "I sent him and Feng Ziying to Henan on errands. If they came alone so late, something might have happened."

Jia Qiong speeded up her meal, finished her meal quickly, and came to the front lobby.

Liu Xianglian traveled day and night, and finally returned to Chang'an before the city gate was locked, and went directly to Osmanthus Alley.

Jia Qiong saw that he looked dusty and was even more sure that something was wrong.

"Erlang, what happened?" Liu Xianglian had just sat down and was drinking tea. When she heard Jia Qiong's voice, she stood up and said, "Yu Jing, I have something important to report to you."

Jia Qiong nodded and said, "What's the matter? Sit down and talk slowly."

Liu Xianglian took out Wang Gui's letter, handed it to him and said, "There is a letter here, please read it first."

Jia Qiong took the letter and saw that the envelope was blank and the seal was still sealed.

He tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper and glanced at it, looking surprised.

He closed the letter and said to Liu Xianglian: "Let's go to the study with me to continue our conversation."

"Yes."

Nowadays, servants are not allowed to enter Jia Qiong's study at will.

The content of the letter was of great importance, and Jia Qiong had to treat it with caution.

When he came to the study, Yuntao consciously stayed outside.

Jia Qiong asked Liu Xianglian to sit down and read the contents of the letter carefully.

He asked strangely: "I asked you to go to Henan to inspect the coal mines, but why did you bring up the White Lotus Sect? What is going on?"

Liu Xianglian said with some shame: "I also blame Feng Ziying and I for being too careless and letting Wen Long stay in the city by himself.

The day before yesterday, he went to a restaurant to have a drink and happened to hear..."

Liu Xianglian told Jia Qiong the whole story, and Jia Qiong was dumbfounded.

He secretly thought that Xue Pan didn't know whether he was lucky or not, he could even encounter this kind of thing.

Fortunately, he met Wang Gui, who was already rebellious. If he had met other members of the White Lotus sect, he would probably have become completely cold by now.

Wang Gui's letter said three things, each of which is not a trivial matter.

The first one was Yin Guohong's intention to rob the grain transport fleet.

The grain transportation route from Jiangnan to Chang'an has always been fixed. Both sides of the canal are basically prosperous places, and there have been few problems for so many years.

Therefore, fleets transporting food are generally escorted by only a few guards, and the defense force is relatively lax.

If Yin Guohong's plan is really implemented, it is really possible for them to succeed.

Even if they couldn't transport the food, setting fire to it would cause Jia Qiong to suffer heavy losses.

Now the grain storage of the Freemasonry in the capital can only last about a month, and the grain transport fleet comes almost half a month.

Because the river will freeze in two months, enough food for the winter must be prepared in advance.

Jia Qiong was very lucky to have learned about this plan in advance, otherwise the consequences would have been disastrous if hundreds of thousands of victims were without food.

The second thing mentioned in the letter was the White Lotus Sect's plan to vigorously expand its followers in the northern provinces with the intention of inciting the victims to riot.

There has been no movement in the White Lotus Sect for so many years, and the court did not pay much attention to them, just treating them as a disease caused by mustard moss.

I didn't expect that they would develop so quickly. Now they have spread all over the northern provinces, and they are planning to make big moves.

Needless to say, the consequences of this matter are that once chaos breaks out in the north, even if the imperial court can send a large army to quell it, it will greatly deplete the country's strength and greatly weaken the vitality of Chu.

The third thing is that Wang Gui guessed that there was a force in the court secretly cooperating with the White Lotus Sect.

Because the upper echelons of the White Lotus Sect knew many secrets in the imperial court, and they also received a lot of money and food support, otherwise they would not have developed so rapidly.

Jia Qiong also needs to think carefully about how to deal with the sudden incident.

Jia Qiong thought for a while and said, "I have to think about this matter carefully.

You came back after traveling day and night. Just stay in the guest room today and let Yuntao take you to have something to eat first. "

Liu Xianglian nodded and said, "Yes."

(End of this chapter)