Chapter 219 Reward
The emperor was very tired, yet he felt indescribably comfortable.
He walked into Shoukang Palace alone. The moment Dai Quan caught his eye, he immediately bowed his head and left with a group of eunuchs with great tact.
The emperor is old and no longer needs much sleep.
When he saw the emperor's son, his cloudy eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Father, you have fallen, but the affairs of the court must be handled as they should be."
The emperor did not expect that this year would be so smooth for him and he would receive help one after another.
And all this time he didn't know.
"On this day last year, my son had almost used up the queen's dowry."
The Emperor: “…”
He was angry.
How many dowries can a queen have?
The daughter of a minor official of the sixth rank.
He gave him so much, but he didn't remember it. He only remembered the little money given by that woman.
It was a pity that he had praised the Queen.
At this time, the emperor finally understood what it meant to forget the mother after marrying a wife.
"The queen is very good at business. When she first married my son, all the dowry added up to only one thousand taels, and that was after their family also contributed. But even so, the two of us are notoriously poor in the royal family, because you didn't give your son any property, you looked down on your son, and your brothers looked down on your son, too. Only the crown prince..."
The emperor showed a trace of pain on his face. "My brother the crown prince gave me many books. He said that reading makes one wise. I should read more books so that I can be his right-hand man in the future."
He read it.
He wants to be his brother's right-hand man.
Can……
"Father, the Crown Prince is so good. If he were here, he would definitely be a very qualified emperor."
The Emperor: “…”
It would be a lie to say I have no regrets.
If his prince were here, he would quarrel with him, dance with him, and make trouble with him, but he would never let him suffer any grievance in terms of care.
"He was forced to death by you, Prince Jin, and his brothers."
The emperor sighed, "However, Father, do you know who was the mastermind behind the mutiny yesterday? To be honest, he is also the brother-in-law of the Crown Prince."
He had to let the old man know these things.
Dong Xiaoquan had someone send Liu Yuan's information to him. After reading it, he has been unable to recover until now.
This person... has great talent.
Unfortunately, he was misled by Prince Jin and harmed his brother, the Crown Prince.
Now he wants revenge...
The emperor was delighted with the opportunity for his revenge.
The house search was completed quickly according to the clues given by Liu Yuan.
A writer's pen is a murderous knife.
The emperor was originally worried about what he should do so that some people in the court would not complain behind his back after he took action.
As a result, as he presented the evidence one by one, the charges against the brothers Wang were settled without him having to list them out himself.
"...He is avenging the Crown Prince and your grandchildren, so the situation with the Prince of Jin...I am afraid it has already been bad."
The noble emperor could never have imagined that life was worse than death.
"And King Jing..."
The emperor told the emperor emeritus about the solution that the ministers had discussed today. "He made the imperial robe privately, which is an unforgivable crime. However, considering that he is also a descendant of Taizu, his whole family will be demoted to commoners. He will take two sets of civilian clothes and move to the unworthy manor left by Taizu to cultivate the land on his own."
The emperor admired his grandfather who had been dead for many years.
He even thought about the survival plans for his unfilial descendants.
Once they entered Buxiao Village, they had to rely on themselves for hunting and farming.
Those who are capable will survive, and those who are not...
That can only be fate! "King Kang robbed the disaster relief money sent to Luzhou that year, and the word 'relief' on it was plated by the prince."
The emperor kept talking to the emperor emeritus, "You don't know that the silver is in his family's secret vault, a full three hundred thousand taels."
The Emperor: “…”
It's impossible to say that you're not angry.
His son is so promising that he becomes a robber.
"And Prince An..."
The emperor spoke one by one.
The emperor didn't want to listen, but he couldn't close his ears.
He could only listen to his sons being thrown into prison one by one, and then being criticized by the ministers one by one. When the emperor did not get involved, he could either be sent to a poor manor or take his grandsons with him...
In the end, the emperor was in despair.
He had given birth to and raised so many sons with great effort, but in the end only the emperor's lineage was left.
His grandchildren and great-grandchildren will also be implicated by their fathers and grandfathers, and none of them will be able to inherit the title of prince.
"Considering that they are still young, less than fifteen years old, and have not yet started a family or established a career, and that they are descendants of our great ancestor..."
The emperor said: "My son has been conferred the title of Lieutenant of the Sixth Rank of Fengguo."
He saw his father's distorted face, and somewhere in his heart, he felt a special pleasure, "As for the daughters... all the unmarried ones will be raised by the clan family, and when they get married in the future, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will provide 300 taels of silver for the required dowry."
At this point, he smiled a little, "Father, do you know? When I left the court, everyone praised me for my magnanimity."
The Emperor: “…”
He is going crazy.
The royal family had few descendants, and when his father died, he was most worried that the throne would fall to someone else. He finally...
The emperor cried, his old eyes filled with tears.
But the emperor had already stood up, "Father, let it be! You think they are suffering now, but I think the prince was the one who suffered the most."
At this point, he paused, "You said, when he set that fire... did he predict that you would choose your son to be the emperor because of your suspicion?"
This this?
The emperor listened to his son's footsteps getting farther and farther away, opened his mouth and gasped.
The emperor walked all the way to the gate of Shoukang Palace and then waved.
Dai Quan hurriedly nodded and bowed, "Your Majesty..."
"The Emperor is very angry when he finds out that Prince Jing made the imperial robe privately. You should keep an eye on him and take better care of him. If there is anything wrong, call the imperial physician immediately."
"Yes! The servants must be more careful."
“…Just be careful!”
The emperor glanced at him and said, "Take good care of the emperor, and I will reward you with merit."
Having said that, he strode away without waiting for Dai Quan to say anything else.
Today was a good day and he had to celebrate with the Queen over a drink.
The next morning, Liu An received the emperor's order and went to Ningguo Mansion to reward Jia Zhen.
"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims..."
The emperor was not stingy with his meritorious officials. He had confiscated so many royal palaces and was now extremely wealthy.
He gave Ningguo Mansion what his father did not give back then.
Jia Zhen was promoted several levels and inherited the position of first-rank general. He was also rewarded with two imperial farms, a number of gold, silver and antiques.
Although it was still a nominal position, it was completely different from his original third-rank General Weilie.
This means that his descendants can inherit the throne for two more generations.
Jia Zhen shouted "Long live the emperor" and burst into tears of gratitude.
Shen Ning was also very happy. At least in the eyes of the emperor, their Jia family was fine.
After presenting a thick red envelope, Liu An was sent away. Almost all the clansmen who heard the news came from the back street.
The Jia family has been unlucky over the years, but now things are finally going well again.
Jia Qin, who lost two fingers due to gambling, always looks proud.
If it wasn't the mourning period, these people would probably immediately start to have fun, drinking and listening to opera.
But it was not advisable to have too much fun at Ningguo Mansion, but at Rongguo Mansion, they felt that they could make some arrangements to celebrate.
Wang Xifeng was speechless when she received the news.
But the old lady seemed to like it very much.
For the old lady, the Jia family was on the rise again.
As an old ancestor, she can be happy for a while.
The old lady has been very unhappy recently because of her second son Jia Zheng. Now, she just wants to be happy.
"Mother, Brother Jing just passed away not long ago, and Sister-in-law is still sad."
Wang Xifeng was not easy to persuade. Jia Min was her own daughter, so she said bluntly, "It is certainly gratifying that Zhen'er has been promoted, but think about the time when this happened. Not to mention that the Shanguo Mansion was raided, just talk about those royal mansions... I'm afraid the royal family members are not happy either. If our family celebrates at this time... what if someone with a narrow mind sees this and secretly makes a note of it for us? How unprofitable would that be?"
"…So, let's just leave it at that?"
Grandmother Jia wanted to struggle a little more, "Such a big happy event, we must inform our ancestors."
"I heard that just after Eunuch Liu left, Zhen'er and many elders went to the ancestral hall?"
Jia Min said: "Our ancestors all came from officialdom, so they will definitely understand."
"All right!"
Grandmother Jia couldn't win the argument with her daughter, and she lost interest. "I still want to have some fun and get rid of the bad luck in the family."
"Isn't everything fine at home? Where does the bad luck come from?"
Jia Min knew that her mother was still worried about her second brother, and she was not very happy to hear that. "My eldest brother wanted to be a master of bronze and stone carving. Now he can carve things in a very good way. Lian'er is doing a good job in the palace. Zhu'er has been praised by Li's relative several times. Even Baoyu is in the East Palace, and he is very thoughtful."
She was originally worried that after her second brother and his wife left, Baoyu would become inactive.
But I didn't expect that the child went to bed early and got up early, setting a good example for Chang'an.
Jia Min feels that everything in her home is good.
So many people are good, but my second brother is not. Who should I blame?
"If you want to listen to opera and have some fun, tell me and I'll ask someone to invite the Liu family troupe to come over and perform for you for half a day. How about that?"
"Then forget it!"
The old lady smiled and said, "It's too noisy. It's really not good. But we can invite a female teacher to come and tell stories."
She can also listen to a book.
"Feng'er, hurry up and get me a mistress."
Jia Min hurriedly called Wang Xifeng.
"Oh, we are going to take advantage of the old lady again."
Wang Xifeng smiled and stood up, "Aunt, wait a moment. I'll be right back."
Fortunately, my aunt is here, otherwise she would be doomed.
Wang Xifeng didn't care about the small amount of money for hiring the opera troupe. She was really worried that if she celebrated at this time, the aunt from the East Palace would come and smash her house in anger.
At that time, the old lady and the elders of the clan were old and of seniority, and the eldest aunt could not do anything, but what was she? Jia's mother was quietly busy, while Shen Ning took her daughter to Ning Cuixuan to listen to Teacher Zhan Xue playing the piano.
Of course, this mainly refers to Zhan Xue. If it were Min Mei and the others..., my heart would tremble with fear at their touch.
Shen Ning couldn't stand it, but Jia Yue loved the magic sound.
"Just take this with you."
Zhan Xue handed over two cotton balls and said, "Among the girls, the one with the greatest talent in music is Miss Lin."
Jia Min was a talented woman and should have been taught some in advance, but she had also taught Yingchun and Tanchun before.
Both of them are just average in this regard.
"Yeah?"
Shen Ning was very happy to hear the words praising Lin Daiyu amidst all the noise, "It just so happens that the emperor has awarded a guqin. Qingzhu, go to the storehouse and get the guqin."
Lin Daiyu in the Red Mansion is so pitiful. It would be fine if she didn't meet him, but when she did...
Even though her parents and brother are all around now and she has everything she needs, Shen Ning always unconsciously wants to pamper her more.
"There's no need for the guqin for now!"
Zhan Xue didn't expect that Mrs. Shen wanted to give the guqin to a young girl who was just learning to play the guqin. Isn't this a waste of talent?
"Look at her piano. It was specially made by the Lin family because she is so young."
"Hmm~"
Shen Ning hadn't noticed it at first, but then she remembered that Lin Daiyu seemed to have such a piano.
"Then do you think Yingchun and the others should also have their zithers made smaller?"
“…That’s fine.”
Our mansion has just received a reward from the emperor. Madam Shen is happy and wants to spend money. So let her spend it!
Zhan Xue felt that Mrs. Shen could try anything that would help improve her mood.
Jia Jing died in such a tragic way. If it were anyone else, they would have cried their eyes out. However, it was said that Mrs. Shen only cried a few times when she was dazed and sick, and she didn't shed a single tear afterwards.
Alas~deep love does not bring longevity!
God is always harder on good people.
Zhan Xue felt that holding back for too long was bad for one's health. "If a younger child has a small piano, it will be much easier for him to learn!"
"That's fine. I'll have someone make a few more later."
The piano won't break, and I'll definitely use it in the future.
"If you need anything else, sir, just make a list."
"You're too late."
Zhan Xue nodded and smiled, "Didn't the children learn how to be housekeepers this morning? They have already studied it. Why would they need a list of what they want? Miss Min and the third lady said that they can just give the order."
“It’s true.”
Shen Ning smiled.
The best housekeeper is Tanchun, she doesn't worry about her future, but Yingchun can't do that! "Sir, the second girl Yingchun is a little softer, you should give her more guidance."
"The second girl is fine now."
Zhan Xue smiled, "I think she likes chess very much. People who are good at chess know everything they do."
Maybe I received too little care in the past, so I didn’t dare to express my opinions. I just believed whatever others said and didn’t have any temper at all.
But things are different now.
Because Master She cared about her, she felt more confident. With the help of Madam Xing and the housekeeper's sister-in-law, Zhan Xue felt that Yingchun was very different.
She had thought about guiding her before, but there was really no one in the mansion over there who could take care of the second young lady.
Having no temper and accepting whatever others say is also a way of survival.
In this large courtyard, when a woman gets married, she is said to live with her husband, but in fact, she interacts most with her mother-in-law.
Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been difficult to deal with. With the second girl's personality, it may not be a bad thing for her as long as she finds a good family.
However, these were Zhan Xue’s previous thoughts. Now…
"I heard that the Second Mistress from the West Mansion always asks her for advice."
Yeah?
Shen Ning was surprised. "Did she tell you what questions she had?"
"Da Zhao Lu!"
Zhan Xue was very happy that the Jia family could discover this.
In fact, noble families should be more familiar with the law.
Only in this way can you avoid breaking the law knowingly and eventually being taken advantage of by the royal family.
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