The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 41 Taking charge?

The war rages on for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold!
Although the wind and snow blocked the road and the canal was frozen, it could not stop Jia Min from missing her mother.

In Ning Qing Hall, after reading her daughter's family letter, Mother Jia put down her peepshow tremblingly, with tears streaming down her cheeks, and said:

"Yuanyang, go and invite your master, eldest master, and brother Dai from Dongfu..."

Throughout the first month, there was an endless stream of old friends coming to pay New Year's greetings, and local officials going to Beijing to establish connections. There were big banquets every day in Ningguo Mansion, and they were so fat from eating and drinking that Jia Dai was worried to death.

Today is no exception, there are ten tables in the front yard and five tables in the back house.

Jia Dai ordered Jia Zhen to take two brothers, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang, to entertain. Xue took his sister-in-law You to help entertain the female relatives in Tianxiang Tower.

He went to the martial arts training ground and practiced martial arts and swordsmanship with a group of soldiers in the snowy weather. He punched hard to the flesh and was sweating profusely, making his body slick and smooth.

"Master, the old lady of Xifu is calling urgently. She said she has something important to discuss. Please come over to the house. The eldest master and the master have already arrived at Ningqing Hall..."

Jia Dai was practicing vigorously, and Lai Sheng came over to join in the fun.

In fact, Jia Dai already knew that Lai Sheng was a chess piece placed by Jia Mu in the Dongfu, and she deliberately gave him the position of foreign affairs manager to facilitate the exchange of information between the two governments.

However, everyone can see the wealth of Ningguo Mansion and the decline of Xi Mansion.

After living in Dongfu for a long time, Lai Shengye has seen that Jia Dai has no interest in Jia Mu, let alone obeying her.

Jia Mu wants to control Dongfu, but she is afraid it is just a daydream.

Therefore, Lai Sheng's mind was a little shaken, and he did not want to run to Rongguo Mansion as diligently as usual.

If not, his body deed was still written in Jia Mu's hands, and Lai Sheng would have turned around long ago.

Work peacefully as a housekeeper in Dongfu and be promoted to general manager as soon as possible. The custody will be even more prestigious than that of his elder brother.

Today, after receiving Lai Da's message, Lai Sheng hesitated for a long time before reluctantly coming to the martial arts training ground to report.

Counting the days, it has been more than four months since Lin Ruhai and his family took up the post of Yangzhou Salt Road Supervisory Censor.

With his intelligence and the Lin family's family background, it was expected that Lin Ruhai had already figured out the secrets in Yanzheng and would conflict with the noble forces.

Jia Dai thought about it for a while, and then he got the idea. He dismissed Lai Sheng, took a hot bath, and then got on the carriage and went to Xifu.

At this time, although spring has entered and the temperature has warmed up, Yangzhou is surrounded by dangers, and the freezing cold reaches the Shenjing City thousands of miles away.

Last year, in the winter month, when Xu Yue was appointed as the Salt Inspector, Lin Ruhai had a big conflict with the Jiangnan Zhen family over the redistribution of salt at the border.

A few days later, the imperial court issued a decree to severely crack down on the proliferation of illegal salt along the canal, increase the salt tax, and expand the revenue of the treasury. The relationship with the salt merchants of Huaihe and Huaihe was acrimonious.

In the twelfth month of last year, Lin Ruhai's only son died of illness.

Feeling sad and self-blaming, Jia Min, who was not accustomed to the local environment, fell completely ill.

Behind all of this, there seems to be a pair of invisible hands controlling everything secretly.

Jia Min was born in a wealthy family and was well-informed. He also tried to persuade Lin Ruhai.

However, Lin Ruhai was determined to repay the kindness of the emperor, wanted to make some achievements in his willful life, revive his ancestral business, and return to Shenjing, so he did not let anyone underestimate the Lin family.

In this way, Jia Min, who was seriously ill, had no choice but to write a letter to her family asking for help, at least to save Lin Daiyu.

The warm pavilion in Ningqingtang is as warm as spring.

Brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng gradually circulated Jia Min's family letters, their faces solemn, as if they were in the ice and snow outside.

Jia She seemed to be frozen, refusing to say a word.

Only Jia Zheng pretended to be beating his chest and sighing, with a sad look on his face.

"Both of you are Min'er's brothers. You have read the letter just now,"

Jia's mother gave birth to three children, and the one who loved her the most was Jia Min.

I was heartbroken when I learned that Jia Min was dying in Yangzhou and that her granddaughter was in trouble.

However, Jia's mother was a woman and could not leave the house easily. She had to find her two sons to discuss important matters because she was in a hurry. However, everyone hesitated for a long time, but couldn't come up with a plan.

Jia Min is their biological sister!
We ate and drank together and lived together for eighteen years, even cats and dogs. After such a long time together, we also developed feelings. Is this the case?

It's simply... a waste of time to be a son of man!
"She'er, you are the person who wants to seize the title in the mansion, and you are also the eldest brother. Let's talk about it..."

The person who attacked the prince?

Even the Hall of Rongxi has been occupied by Lao Er's family. Now that something has happened and someone is needed to take care of the trouble, it reminds me that I am a Xijue, a first-class general?

What the hell were you doing earlier?
Outside, he lost his career, and at home, he was deprived of his family fortune. Jia She felt quite resentful in his heart.

All day long, I was either in the Dongkua Courtyard, drinking and fooling around with my little wife in my arms, or hiding in the study, obsessed with antiques.

Drinking and sex are harmful to the body. After a few months, Jia She's body seemed to have been hollowed out.

His steps were sloppy, his pale face had dark circles under his eyes, and his figure was stooped.

Is that still the rich and handsome young man from Kamkyo Yuaki?

"My mother also knows that her son has always been confined at home, has never dealt with family affairs, and is isolated from internal and external news. How dare..."

Is this your fault? It’s not because you are dissatisfied!
Jia Mu's unkind eyes glanced over, and Jia She suddenly became speechless and changed the topic, "In my son's humble opinion, it is better to be still than to move."

"We will wait until the government sends someone to Yangzhou to find out about this matter before we can take action..."

The eyebrows are already burning, why do you still have to wait? !
It’s Asami indeed!
"You bastard, your sister is so sick and in danger!"

"You still want to be blind, wait! Wait! Wait!"

Jia's mother was so angry that she pointed at Jia She and cursed her, her tears falling uncontrollably.

Why did I give birth to such a rebellious son?

If you are not good at writing or fighting, you are simply useless!
Why blame her for being partial?

Is it bearable, what is unbearable?

"Don't think that the old woman doesn't know that your sister and niece died in Yangzhou, and this is what you wanted!"

"As the eldest brother, why have you ever cared about the affairs of the house?"

"It's just my little wife, wine, and fan all day long,"

"If you don't take good care of yourself as an official in the imperial court, you won't take good care of yourself..."

Jia Zheng also looked embarrassed after hearing this.

After all, who's family is not a married daughter--throwing water?

Why did mother bother to hurt her body for two outsiders?
Seeing Jia Mu like this, Jia Zheng didn't dare to say these words. Jia Mu spat in his face, he was a kid;

Falling out of favor and losing the power of Rongguo Mansion is great!

Fortunately, Jia She was there to carry the thunder, and Jia Zheng was happy to pretend to be a dutiful son. He stepped forward and stroked Jia's mother's back to comfort him, and said to Jia She:
"Brother, what are you talking about? Kneel down quickly and see how angry you make my mother!"

"Mother……"

Jia She felt resentful, but still knelt down, "They are all sons, aren't they..."

"As long as the mother has her own ideas and orders, her son will obey her no matter what!"

"It's just that I have no official position, and I can't leave the house..."

Jia Mu refused to give in and insisted on ridiculing Jia She. He had no choice but to suffer the consequences and kowtow to beg for mercy...

"You are the one who is in charge of the house. It is you who should make the decision in the affairs of the house..."

(End of this chapter)