Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 249 Testing the Sacred Heart
Daming Palace, the pro-military governor's palace.

Ji Hongzhang had just returned to the Yamen. As soon as he entered the door, his close aides came to report: "Sir, Liu Qianhu has asked for an audience and is waiting in Xuanwu Hall."

Ji Hongzhang asked: "Which Liu Qianhu?"

The aide said: "My lord, I am Liu Xianglian, the grandson of Duke Li.

He had made a great contribution in destroying the White Lotus Sect this time, and the emperor had just decreed a promotion for him a few days ago. "

Ji Hongzhang suddenly said: "Oh, it turns out it's him.

He has been acting inappropriately. I almost forgot that our Jinyiwei still has such a famous person.

Why did he come to see me today? "

The staff member said: "It seems that Jia Tongzhi asked him to pass the message if something happened."

Ji Hongzhang snorted displeased and said, "Jia Qiong never does anything good when you come to me."

The staff member glanced at Ji Hongzhang and said cautiously: "Then go and send him away?"

Ji Hongzhang shook his head and said: "Ask him to come over. Jia Qiong's holy family is prosperous. Why offend him for no reason."

"Yes."

The staff took the order and went out, and after a while they led Liu Xianglian back.

As soon as Liu Xianglian entered the door, she respectfully saluted Ji Hongzhang.

"Liu Xianglian, a humble official, please see Mr. Ji."

Ji Hongzhang chuckled and said: "Master Liu, no courtesy, I haven't had the opportunity to congratulate you on your promotion.

Mr. Liu has been promoted to two levels in less than half a year since he joined our Jinyi Guards. He is really rising through the ranks. "

Liu Xianglian raised her hands in the direction of Fengtian Palace and said, "This is all due to the emperor's grace. I have done nothing for my humble position. I am really ashamed."

Ji Hongzhang smiled and said: "After Mr. Liu's meritorious service, he also made great achievements, so the emperor naturally takes him more seriously, so why should he be ashamed to say so.

Why did you come to see me this time? "

Liu Xianglian took out a letter from her arms and said: "This official is entrusted by Lord Jia to ask Lord Ji for help.

Mr. Jia was confined at home and could not come in person, so he wrote a letter and asked me to forward it to him. "

Ji Hongzhang took the letter, opened it and read it again.

Jia Qiong asked for two things in the letter, neither of which was a big deal.

The first thing is to ask him to open a back door so that the Jia family can move Jia Jing's coffin out of Ningguo Mansion and find another place to place it, so as not to delay the funeral and make the deceased uneasy.

The second thing is to borrow a few people to escort Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong south to Hangzhou to study.

When Ji Hongzhang saw the second thing, he felt angry again and thought that Jia Qiong was getting more and more wanton.

In the past, when Jia Qiong borrowed people from him, he still had some troubles.

Now, he actually asked him to send guards in royal robes to escort two children who had no official title and no title when they went to study abroad.

If Jia Qiong were standing in front of him now, Ji Hongzhang would be afraid that he might not be able to resist and actually chop him with a knife.

However, he thought about how much the emperor valued Jia Qiong, so he suppressed his anger and only greeted all eighteen generations of Jia Qiong's ancestors in his heart.

"The emperor sealed the Ningguo Mansion and did not say that Jia Jing had any sins. Death is a big deal, so the Jia family just went to move the coffin.

I will notify you and no one will stop me.

As for sending someone to escort Mr. Jia's brothers south, this is really against the rules.

For Master Jia's sake, I can only give him two people at most. "

Liu Xianglian said: "I just want to use Jinyiwei's reputation to scare Xiaoxiao, two people are enough.

Thank you, Master Jia, for your support. Master Jia will come in person to express his gratitude and resign from his humble post after the ban is lifted. "

After Liu Xianglian left, a staff member came in from the outside and said to Ji Hongzhang: "Sir, the emperor seems to have disliked the Jia family so much. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to do this."

Ji Hongzhang said: "It is true that the emperor dislikes the Jia family, but he values ​​Jia Qiong even more. Why should I mess with his face for such a trivial matter?"

The staff asked strangely: "Since the emperor values ​​Jia Qiong so much, why has he not lifted his grounding for so long? It seems that he wants to stay for three months before he is willing to give up."

Ji Hongzhang sighed and said: "The emperor probably just doesn't want him to be involved in the Jia family's bad things.

I have never seen the emperor think so much about a minister. Now we can only make friends with Jia Qiong, and we must not mess with him. "

Liu Xianglian came out of the pro-military governor's house and immediately returned to Osmanthus Alley to report back to Jia Qiong.

Jia Qiong breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Ji Hongzhang agreed to both of his requests.

Ji Hongzhang was Emperor Longqing's confidant, and his attitude could largely reflect the emperor's thoughts.

Now that Ji Hongzhang was even willing to agree to his rude request, it just showed that Emperor Longqing still valued him very much and did not anger him because of the incident in Ningguo Mansion.

After seeing off Liu Xianglian, Jia Qiong came to the back house to look for Qin Keqing. She was currently in Wang Yuyan's room.

Wang Yuyan had been pregnant for more than three months and was beginning to show her pregnancy.

Now that the first month has not yet come out, the weather outside is still very cold, so she seldom goes out for fear that she will need to take medicine if she is sick, which will be harmful to the fetus.

Qin Keqing was afraid that Wang Yuyan would be bored, so he came to talk to her from time to time to relieve his boredom.

When Jia Qiong walked to the door, he happened to hear the two of them whispering.

"I heard from my aunt that sour children are hot girls. My sister likes sour food. This baby should be a boy."

"My husband said that this statement is not accurate. It would be best to have a boy, but you can't force it.

Sister, how are you doing here? Is there any movement? "

"But you are not very lucky and your stomach is not up to expectations."

"Don't be impatient, my husband and I just got pregnant almost two years ago.

You have been serving your husband these past few months. If you work harder, you will definitely get pregnant. "

Jia Qiong silently said sorry to Qin Keqing. Because of her identity, Jia Qiong did not want Qin Keqing to be pregnant with her child yet.

Jia Qiong stood at the door for a while, waiting for the two of them to talk about other topics, before Jia Qiong stepped through the door.

"But Qing, you are here, I am looking for you.

You go to Rongguo Mansion and have a word with my ancestor for me. "

Qin Keqing stood up and said, "Okay, what do you want me to say, husband?"

Jia Qiong waved his hand for her to sit down, and he also sat aside and said: "Two things, one is to respect the master.

I have already said hello to Jin Yiwei, asking people to hurry up and move the spirit to Ningguo Mansion.

You tell your ancestors that under the current circumstances, it is not appropriate to make such a fuss about the funeral of Mr. Jing. It is better to have someone help the deceased go south as soon as possible. "

Qin Keqing nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, what about the second thing?"

"The capital is in chaos now. I think it's better for Jingqing and Baoyu to go south as soon as possible."

Qin Keqing said in surprise: "But the river is still frozen now, so there are no boats going south, right?"

Jia Qiong said: “If I had to take a boat all the way, I would have left last fall.

They have to go on horseback, which can be regarded as an experience, and then change ships when they arrive in Yangzhou. "

Wang Yuyan interjected: "My ancestors will definitely not agree.

Last time she told me that if something like this happened to Uncle Jing, Baoyu would have to stay at the funeral for two months.

I'm afraid the trip south will be delayed, and we can only wait until next year. "

Jia Qiong said: "Such a scandal happened in the East Mansion. Now that the Ningguo Dukedom has been taken back and the Ningguo Mansion has been sealed, the emperor's thoughts are unclear. It is hard to say that the West Mansion will not be implicated.

Asking Baoyu to go south to study as soon as possible is also to keep him away from the troubles in the capital and go out to avoid trouble.

Even if something happens to Xifu in the future, he will not be affected too much while he is far away in Jiangnan.

But, dear, just take my words and tell them to your ancestors as they are. "

(End of this chapter)