Chapter 242 Provocation
In Rongguo Mansion, Jia Min and Jia Wen walked away together.
Both of them were silent. Jia Wen's incident had a great impact on them.
"My second sister has always been soft-hearted."
Jia Wen felt very sad.
I don't understand what's the point of her living like that? On their side, children with the blood of the Jin people will not be recognized.
On the Jin people's side...it's actually about the same, right?
Otherwise, how could he threaten her to return to Beijing with the three children? "Now it's not a question of being soft or not."
Jia Min sighed deeply, "She found a way to her own death."
Now I just hope the royal family can use her.
But what happens after using it? Wouldn't the Jin people be wary of her child growing up and getting help from Dazhao? "When they first entered the Central Plains, the Jin people and the Tatars worked closely together, but what happened? As soon as they were driven back, the little emperor who had the blood of both tribes died of a cold."
Is there anything fishy going on here?
Anyway, Jia Min didn't believe it.
"Fourth sister, is it really impossible to save her at all?"
Although Jia Wen also hated Jia Wen for living like that, as her younger sister, she still hoped that she would be better.
"……have no idea!"
Jia Min was silent for a while before saying, "Let's see what big brother and the others say when they come back!"
Now we can only take one step at a time and see what the emperor says.
In fact, the emperor was very pleased, as he was worried about not being able to find a breakthrough.
Now they send it over themselves.
The emperor summoned several important officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue overnight, and discussed the matter with Jia She and the other two.
This matter requires the cooperation of the Jia family.
At the same time, Jia Wen, who lived in Huitong Hall, stood in front of the window, watching the increasingly strong wind and snow outside, with something in her heart floating up and down, unsettled.
The third sister resented her for not dying and for giving herself to her enemy.
Although the younger sister didn't say it, she knew it from the eye contact as they grew up together.
But did she really not want to die at the beginning?
When she married into the Shenyang Guard, which had fought against the Jin people several times, her fate seemed to be doomed.
The first time, she wanted to kill Woher with a hairpin and then commit suicide, but he had already prepared for her.
The result of the failed assassination attempt was that the nanny and maidservants around her, as well as the twenty Han people who had been the target of his anger, were all executed one by one in front of her.
She wanted to go with them, but another hundred Han people were brought up. If she died, they would not survive either.
The second time, she wanted to create an accident and fall to her death, taking the baby in her belly with her...
But Wohe also told her that if she died in an accident or from illness, the Han people who served her in that courtyard and the hundred people who escaped last time would also be buried with his son.
The third and fourth attempts later...
Her life had never been her own, and her child's life...was actually not as important as Woher said.
But after all, that was his blood, and having another child meant having another way to control her, so, if possible, he was willing to protect her for a while like protecting a puppy.
them……
Jia Wen closed her eyes.
"Your sisters don't recognize you?"
Wohe had come up behind her without her noticing, and his voice was filled with a hint of laughter and ridicule, "Do you still want a sister like that?"
Jia Wen: “…”
"Come to think of it, your name is very similar to your third sister's."
Wohe approached her and breathed on her neck, "Is it that Jia Daishan can't come up with a good name, or... is it intentional?"
"My third sister and I are only two months apart."
Jia Wen didn't want her third sister to be targeted, so she just followed what her father said back then and said, "At that time, there was a fortune teller who said that if you follow your sister's name, you will be blessed in the future when you encounter difficulties."
"Then did she share your blessings?"
Jia Wen: “…”
"And have you noticed that the men you three concubines married were all of very low status, except for Jia Min..."
Wo He smiled and said, "She is the precious jewel in the palm of the hand held by Duke Rong and Madam Shi."
“…”
Jia Wen lowered his eyes.
Of course she knew how different her fourth sister was from them?
"She also lives in the Jia family. I heard that when she first came to the capital, Mrs. Shen from Ningguo Mansion was worried about her safety and sent several people, including her own son Jia Zhen."
Wo He knew what it meant to say something heartbreaking. "But look, what about your sister? After hearing the news of your death, she and Jia Jing clearly had time to go to the north, but they would rather live in a Taoist temple under the strange eyes of the people in the capital, and never thought of going to see you off."
Jia Wen: “…”
Her hands slowly clenched.
What did she want to say about you? We were both sons of the old prince, but now that the old prince is gone, why did your brother have the military power and authority, while you were just a figurehead? She also wanted to say that when she gave birth to Erbao that year, she went on a hunger strike to protest the death news she sent back, but it was actually you who deliberately lured her in, right? Someone said that the prince had a new lover, and she was no longer important.
Then she thought it really didn't matter.
But even so, she didn't dare to go all out all at once, and just reduced her diet slowly.
But it was still discovered.
All I could do was to ask for a death notice to be sent back to Beijing.
She thought that as long as she was nominally dead, the mansion would not recognize her even if she came back in the future.
Jia Wen felt sad.
When Woher agreed, she thought his heart had finally softened a little towards her.
But now look...
They clearly wanted to use her death to hook up with the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the East Mansion.
Oh~ this is underestimating her elder brother.
Why don’t you leave the Taoist temple?
Because the eldest brother has always known that someone wants to kill him.
If he stays in the capital, the retired emperor will be unhappy. If he is too far away... his life will be in danger.
So he lived in Taixuan Temple.
Thinking about his dead elder brother, Jia Wen finally suppressed his jealousy towards his fourth sister Jia Min.
How much pressure did the Lin family, which was a single-line family, put on the younger sister to have children? How could the brother-in-law bear to let the two children go to Beijing when they were so young? When they returned to Beijing, why was the eldest sister-in-law in the East Mansion so uneasy and sent people to pick them up one after another?
Also, during the New Year, why didn’t my sister bring the children back to the Lin family’s old house in Beijing?
Jia Wen sighed softly in her heart.
"Mother Wen, don't be silly."
Wohe put his hand on Jia Wen's shoulder and said, "When the weather clears up, I will take you to the White Horse Temple to burn incense. I heard that there are many dignitaries there. I'm sure someone will recognize you, right?"
"...I don't know, but I will listen to you."
Jia Wen tried to be as docile as possible.
She couldn't make the decision and could only respond as the situation dictated.
Good and Bad…
It just depends on their own fate!
…
On the 19th, there was light snow falling from time to time.
You definitely can't leave.
Shen Ning practiced boxing in a small room and lived a life that seemed like she was at home.
But it’s really different from home.
At least she had her daughter at home to laugh with her. Now she didn't know if her daughter cried because she missed her, her brother and her nephew.
Shen Ning suspected that her little daughter had cried several times.
Even when I fell asleep, my tears were still there.
Thinking of this, she lost the energy to box.
"What's that noise in the backyard?"
"Feeding the pigs."
Xiaodong had already gone to see it. "There was a very big pig. The village head's wife said that their pigs would give birth in a few days."
Shen Ning: “…”
Well, she wanted to see the piglets.
"Take an umbrella and go take a look."
At the moment, she didn't want to write or punch, so she had to find something else to do.
“Hey~”
Xiaodong hurriedly opened the umbrella.
The master and servant went to the backyard, but at this moment, several more dog barking sounds were heard.
It turned out that the village chief was afraid that their precious pig would be stolen, so he tied a big yellow dog here to watch over it.
Dahuang will bark when he sees strangers.
"Yuanbao, stop yelling, it's a noble man."
The village chief's wife looked very happy and said, "Sorry to bother you, I'll be there soon."
People can move, but pigs are really difficult to move.
"Nothing!"
Shen Ning smiled kindly. She saw the pig slurping its food, but at this moment she paid more attention to Dahuang, who was called Yuanbao.
The puppy's dog bowl rolled clean in the snow, shiny black. How come it looks like the brush washer she often uses? "Your Yuanbao looks very capable."
"Haha, yes."
The woman was very happy. "This area is more than ten miles in radius. My Yuanbao is a very good and powerful dog."
“Its dog bowl is pretty unique, too.”
Black porcelain varieties appeared in large numbers in the Song Dynasty. The tea culture of the Song Dynasty at that time advocated black, and the Ding Kiln in Hebei and the Jian Kiln in Fujian both produced large quantities of black porcelain.
However, after the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the number of black porcelains handed down became less and less.
This dog bowl...
“This one!”
The woman was stunned and said, "My child found it in the river."
"Can you bring it over and have a look?"
Rong Ge'er, who came to look for her, was attracted and couldn't help but take a closer look.
"Ah? Yes...yes!"
The young master is dignified and handsome.
Although the woman was surprised, she honestly picked up the dog bowl, wiped it, and handed it over.
"Grandma, look!"
Rong Ge'er showed it to Shen Ning first, "It's a brush washer."
The brush washer is smooth but has rabbit-hair patterns, which is an obvious characteristic of Jian kiln.
Shen Ning bent her fingers and tapped lightly. The "ding" sound became slightly muffled, and it felt like the timbre was right.
Among the dowry she inherited from her mother-in-law was a set of black porcelain tea sets from the Jian kiln of the Song Dynasty.
“It’s a good thing!”
It would be a shame to bury it in a dog bowl.
Even if it is fine now, there is no guarantee that it will not be accidentally broken by a child or a puppy one day.
In case of a fight...
"Auntie, this is a treasure. It can't be used as a dog bowl."
Rong Ge smiled and looked at the woman, "Look, are you willing to give it up? If you are willing... I am willing to pay you one hundred taels of silver."
What? The woman was shocked, "Madam..."
A man with a simple mouth cannot do things well! Although she liked to see Rong Ge'er very much, it was obvious that this noble lady was the one who could make the decision.
“It’s really good stuff.”
Shen Ning smiled, "It's a pity that there is only this one black porcelain from the Jian kiln of the Song Dynasty. If there were others..."
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Before she could finish, the woman said anxiously, "My child also picked up six bowls."
Because of its ugly color, she threw it at the bottom of the cupboard.
The children were unwilling to use it even if it was a patched coarse porcelain bowl.
She originally thought that when she got old and separated the property from her children, she and her old man would use that bowl.
"Yeah?"
Shen Ning was very happy, "Bring it here and let me have a look."
Then she and Rong Ge'er watched the woman take out six large black porcelain bowls covered with a thick layer of dust from the corner of the cupboard.
Fortunately, there is snow outside.
The woman took it to the yard and quickly cleaned it with snow.
"Ma'am, do you think this is worth money?"
She was very nervous.
"value……!"
Shen Ning picked one up and shook it gently towards the light, revealing red, green and blue colors.
This is clearly a transformation.
"It's a pity that this one is broken."
Rong Ge'er picked up a large broken black porcelain bowl, feeling very sad.
"this……"
The woman also felt distressed.
But this was done by her man.
"Madam, how much money do you think this is?"
How much silver is it together? Shen Ning really doesn't know this.
She couldn't help but look at Rong Ge'er.
"Together... five hundred taels!"
Rong Ge'er said with regret: "It wasn't a complete set to begin with, and one of them is broken. If you are willing..."
"Yes, yes, I am willing."
Why didn't she want to take the five hundred taels of silver? If she hadn't been told where the dog bowl was, she wouldn't have known it!
"That's fine!"
Rong Ge'er looked at Shen Ning and said, "Grandson will buy it to honor you."
"Well, then buy it!"
Since it is a gift of filial piety, of course we should accept it.
Shen Ning smiled as she watched him take out the money.
At this moment, there were urgent footsteps outside, and Jia Zhen shouted, "Mother~" He came in while calling for help, "Something happened in the capital."
What? Shen Ning turned around and saw Lin Zhixiao covered in snow, shivering with cold, being helped in.
"What's going on?"
"Mother, this is a letter!"
Jia Zhen handed over the letter that Lin Zhixiao had given him.
He was idle and wandering around the village, when he unexpectedly met Lin Zhixiao.
I didn’t expect that my second aunt, who had passed away a long time ago, was not dead.
Shen Ning took it, read it quickly, then went back to read it again because she was worried.
Jia She's handwriting was very illegible, but his meaning was clear.
Jia Wen...
Shen Ning handed the letter to Jia Rong who was waiting eagerly, "Take a look too!"
She couldn't feel any lighter.
These are people who have never appeared in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Unexpectedly, they are all out now.
Shen Ning originally thought that her biggest threat would be the monks and Taoists in the Red Mansion.
"Well, it's cold outside, let's all go inside and talk!"
Since Jia Wen went to the capital with the Jin people's peace delegation, it would be impossible for the Jia family to disown her.
"Butler Lin, are you still okay?"
"……able!"
You have to be able to do it even if you can't.
If he doesn't go back...
Lin Zhixiao knew very well what the consequences would be for him as the housekeeper if the Jia family fell.
"Our master said, Madam, if you have anything to say, write to me, and I will return immediately, and he will do whatever you ask."
The smartest person in the entire Jia family is the eldest lady of the East Palace.
"Forget it, you can't!"
Shen Ning waved her hand, asking the other servants to leave, and said, "Zhen'er, what do you think we should do about this?"
Jia Zhen: “…”
He doesn't know! He...
He looked at his mother, then at his son, and finally said, "Report it to the Emperor."
"Grandma, reporting it to the Emperor is the best way."
Rong Ge'er also said, "Anyway, our family must not be threatened by those Jin people."
“Go write!”
Shen Ning ordered Jia Zhen, "Just do as you said just now, write a letter back immediately and ask your uncle She to go to the palace to discuss the emperor's advice."
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