Chapter 244 Rumors
In Beijing Prince's Mansion, Feng Ziying rushed to the flower hall and saw Beijing Prince Shui Rong bowing early, "Your Highness~"
“Get up!”
Shui Rong hurriedly took a few steps and helped him up himself, "We are family, why do we need to be so polite?"
He was very optimistic about Feng Ziying. "I've heard General Feng talk about the young general a long time ago. Now that we've met today, we get along well. How about I call you Brother Ziying?"
"I dare not, Your Majesty, I am too kind to praise you."
I have long heard my father, brothers, and friends gossip about Shui Rong, praising him as a wise king, a man of both talent and beauty, a romantic and unrestrained person, and one who is not bound by official customs and national systems.
Seeing it today, I find it really lives up to its reputation.
"If you're more polite, you'd be unorthodox."
Today, Beijing Prince Shui Rong wore a white hat with silver wings and a white python robe with a five-clawed dragon pattern, and a jade red belt. His face was like beautiful jade and his eyes were like stars. He was really a handsome man.
"Today I want to see you for one thing only. I wonder if you can introduce the great hero Jin who wrote The Legend of the Condor Heroes to me."
Ah? Feng Ziying was stunned, "Your Majesty, it's not that Ziying doesn't want to, but Ziying doesn't know the name of Mr. Jin or where he lives."
"How could this be?"
Shui Rong was puzzled. "Didn't he give you a written authorization?"
"yes!"
Feng Ziying was helpless. "Mr. Jin did give me a written authorization document, but he gave it to me through Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion."
"I see!"
Shui Rong had already found out that the book was sold in Youshi's bookstore in Ningguo Mansion, but he didn't expect that there was also Madam Shen's matter here.
To this...
"It's a pity. Xiao Wang loves this book very much. He thought he could meet the great hero Jin, but he didn't expect that he could only hear his name but not meet him in person."
Shui Rong felt quite regretful, "But Brother Ziying was able to obtain the exclusive storytelling authorization from Mr. Jin given by Mrs. Shen. It is obvious that both Mr. Jin and Mrs. Shen like Brother Ziying very much."
"Don't dare!"
He was tricked by Jia Zhen.
"It is really Mrs. Shen's kindness that I can get the exclusive authorization letter from Mr. Jin."
Although it was Mr. Jin who donated the money, Feng Ziying felt that he must have been influenced by Mrs. Shen.
According to the Feng family's investigation, she has always been the one sponsoring Datong's Charity Bureau, and this has never changed over the years.
Last year, he took the lead in repaying the silver owed to the national treasury and donated a lot. In addition, the Mantou Temple not only took in many poor women and gave them a way to make a living, but it still donates steamed buns to poor people.
Anyway, as far as Feng Ziying knew, the diet of both her and Jia Zhen in Ningguo Mansion was restricted, with only four dishes and one soup per day.
"Haha, Brother Ziying really admires Madam Shen!"
Shui Rong smiled and said, "It's a pity that I only met her once when we were young. Last year, I was sick and didn't go to the Emperor's birthday celebration, so I never got to see Madam Shen."
The four kings and eight dukes were old friends.
His father died early, and the Prince of Beijing's Mansion could only close its doors and keep to itself.
I thought the Jia family...
"Your Majesty~"
The chief secretary came in hurriedly, "The Qing envoy wants to see you."
What? Shui Rong and Feng Ziying were both stunned for a moment, "...Please!"
"The prince has a visitor, Ziying will leave!"
"I'll send you off."
Shui Rong personally saw the guest off.
When the Qing envoys came at this time, there was no doubt that they would ask the Prince of Beijing's Palace to speak well of the Emperor and send troops to fight against the Rakshasa Kingdom.
This matter...
Shui Rong also knew that the emperor did not reject him on the spot or even expel him from the country, but he had this thought in mind.
The Prince of Beijing's Palace was the main force against the Jin people back then.
now……
Wohe dismounted in front of the palace gate and saw Prince Beijing, dressed in a python robe, seeing someone off, so he hurriedly bowed.
As the saying goes, when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
The Great Jin was at the brink of life and death and turned to Mongolia for help. The various tribes there, for their own interests, agreed on the surface, but in fact they were always arguing.
Emperor Da Zhao...
The letter from the credibles had been delivered several days earlier, and they had been given delicious food and drink, but they still had not seen the emperor.
Wohe originally wanted to borrow Jia Wen again to make a breakthrough in the Jia family, but his old lady was ill, and when Jia Wen went there, he couldn't even see Jia Wen, who had divorced and returned home.
I wish the sky would clear up so that she could be seen by the nobles of Da Zhao, but it’s a pity that the sky hasn’t cleared up yet.
There was no other way, Woher could only turn from passive to active and take Jia Wen to visit a few houses first.
When Feng Ziying was leaving, he looked back at the corner and saw the Wohebeile reaching out with a slender hand from the carriage.
…
Rongguo Mansion, Grandmother Jia is indeed sick.
She dreamed of Rongguo Duke Jia Daishan.
When the crown prince died, the emperor became suspicious, and his and his eldest uncle's health suddenly deteriorated.
She had had several quarrels with him over her family's title.
Facts have proved that the Duke was right.
It's just Jia Wen...
Grandmother Jia was always tossing and turning in a state of uneasiness.
She had never lacked anything for her three concubines, but the Duke had always been wary of them as if they were thieves.
Especially this second girl, promised to Shenyang...
"Mother!"
Jia Min personally served her the evening medicine, "The imperial physician has said that you should not worry too much. Don't think about the second sister's matter anymore. The emperor will take care of everything."
"Alas~"
The old lady sighed, "Back then, your father and your uncle always said that the emperor was in charge of everything."
But what is the reality? Once the royal family turns against each other, there is really no time to react.
"Now you are saying that the emperor is in charge of everything."
It would be fine if the emperor made a profit through Jia Wen, but if the Jin people retaliated... then nine out of ten times he would vent his anger on the Jia family!
At this moment, the old lady only regretted that she had not been cruel enough back then.
This left the Jia family with such a disaster.
But she couldn't tell this to her daughter.
"The second girl is a cruel person."
If you care about your family, you can't come back like this!
"It would be fine if your eldest sister-in-law from the East Mansion was at home. There are some things that I, as your stepmother, cannot say. But she is your eldest sister-in-law and was once a clan wife, so she can say it."
But what about now? Xing is the second wife, and Jia Wen has never seen her. Even if she teaches Xing to say something, she won't listen.
Although Youshi was okay, she was also a second wife, not to mention a junior.
Jia Wen...
Even though she said harsh words, they were just for her own ears, and she was actually very soft-hearted.
Sher is useless again.
Min Er...
Like San Yatou, I also feel sorry for my elder sister in my heart.
Grandmother Jia was very worried.
"The daughter knows what the mother wants to say."
Jia Min sighed in her heart, "Second sister came again yesterday, but none of us saw her."
"Min'er..."
"No matter what you want to say or do, your daughter feels it is useless."
Jia Min said: "Second sister is not stupid, otherwise, she would not have sent the death notice back then. This time she came back..., whether she was forced or voluntarily, her fate..., she has no say in it, and the Jia family - the same."
Yesterday, she peeped in from the back door booth.
Before she saw the person, she had thought about looking for Jiao Da from the East Palace and asking him to find a way to make her second sister die early.
But I saw...
The scenes of reading, swinging and painting together when we were young seemed to be playing before my eyes again.
Jia Min couldn't bear to do it.
Did she want to be captured by the Jin people? Is it wrong to compromise for the sake of her child?
She is no longer alone.
"Mother, we have already explained everything we should tell the Emperor. Now, let's..."
Jia Min paused here, "Zhu'er came back yesterday and told big brother that if possible, our family will try to bring the second sister and her child back to Dazhao, even if it's not in the capital, the world is so big..."
"nonsense!"
Grandmother Jia was furious and slapped the bed repeatedly, "He has become stupid from studying, are you stupid too?"
She was originally quite confident about her grandson, but these words...
"What kind of children are Jia Wen's? They are wolf cubs. Do you want to recognize them? Can they recognize you?"
With the Jin people, no matter how hard their lives were, they were still the royal family.
What's the point of going to Dazhao? People might even hate you.
"Go, go, go, call She'er over to me right now."
The eldest son has always been a soft-eared person.
I like Zhu'er too.
If he really listened to what he said...
"Also, call Zhu'er back to me."
Grandmother Jia angrily retorted to her daughter, "What's the matter? My words are no longer effective? I asked you to call someone, but you don't even want to?"
"I can shout, I can shout, can't I shout?"
Jia Min couldn't do anything to her mother, so she could only go and find someone honestly.
But he didn't expect that Jia She was receiving the emperor's secret guards.
When Jia Min sent someone to call him, the secret guard had already explained everything he needed to do.
The other person patted his butt and left. Jia She looked at the burnt note and felt extremely upset.
The emperor asked him to treat his sister as a normal one.
But my mother...
The emperor has a secret decree?
But the emperor also said that the Jia family could not be united.
This recognition... cannot be made public! In short, no matter what the rumors outside are, the Jia family can only remain silent.
When I can protect my second sister, I have to protect her.
Jia She had a terrible headache.
At this moment, he really missed his sister-in-law and Jia Zhen in the East Palace! Not to mention how he dragged his heavy steps to see Grandmother Jia, but to say that Wohe took Jia Wen to several noble families in succession, and openly introduced Jia to others as his concubine.
Jia Wen accompanied him to Beijing. Wo He couldn't believe that the dignitaries in Beijing didn't care about them at all.
It is impossible for these people to be completely unaware of the fact that Jia Wen went to Jia's house twice.
He did not say it explicitly, but the ones who could receive the concubine of a prince could only be the wives or old ladies of the respective families.
The wives of the various families might not know each other, but the old lady...
For example, the Concubine Nan'an recognized who Jia Wen was at first sight.
Unexpectedly...
"Mother!"
After the guests left, Princess Nan'an saw the concubine sitting there and laughing alone. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Do you know that concubine?"
"Yes! I know him."
I thought the Jia family had landed safely, but I didn't expect it to be the same as their Nan'an Palace.
Shen of Ningguo Mansion worked very hard and nearly lost her life several times, but in the end she was still implicated by Rongguo Mansion.
"Although Shi Shi of Rongguo Mansion rarely took her out, they were always able to see each other a few times during the New Year holidays."
At that time, the four kings and eight dukes visited each other frequently and had very close relationships.
The Nan'an Concubine smiled and took a sip of tea. "Just wait. Tomorrow there will be news that the second aunt of the Jia family who married to Shenyang Wei is not dead at all, but has returned."
"she……"
Princess Nan'an was shocked. "Is she really the second aunt of the Jia family?"
"Yes! Second Aunt Madam."
The Jia family still wants to transform?
Then it depends on whether the emperor will give us another chance?
The Zhen family’s property was ransacked.
The Zhen family sent gifts to the Jia family, but the Jia family refused them all.
They also went to the historian who had already received the gift.
As a result, the historian reported it to the emperor.
This made it difficult for her, a daughter of the Zhen family, to do anything. She had to take out the things that had already been received in the library and hand them over just like the Shi family did.
It would be a lie to say I don't feel sad.
The Zhen family has been in Jiangnan for many years, and has been helping each other with the Nan'an Palace.
With the fall of the Zhen family, the already precarious position of the Nan'an Palace became even more precarious.
The Concubine Nan'an didn't know where their family's path was.
The emperor emeritus fell, and a mutiny that seemed like a joke ended up only helping the emperor.
She had no idea what the future would hold.
She only knew that although Concubine Zhen in the palace had not been sent to the cold palace, it was almost the same.
It is said that her hair has turned completely white and her face is full of wrinkles. The woman who looked quite bright and beautiful last year is now older than Mrs. Shi of Rongguo Mansion.
"Next, it depends on what the emperor will do!"
The emperor was lenient towards the Jia family, so her son should just hand over the military power that had been partially taken away from him.
The Concubine Nan'an has recently received letters from her son and learned that Wang Ziteng has been active in the south and is very much loved by the people there.
But how long had he been there? The Nan'an Concubine was worried that if Wang Ziteng continued to work in the south, it would only make her son's incompetence more apparent.
If they find some fault by then..., their family might be gone immediately.
She has been hesitating lately.
The emperor seemed to be more tolerant than the emperor emeritus, but as soon as the emperor emeritus fell, the mutiny that seemed like a joke... wiped out all his royal brothers.
So it is possible that he had contributed to the mutiny.
Concubine Nan'an was worried that if they handed over the military power, their family would be worse off than the Jia family.
"If you're lucky... maybe you and your wife can be reunited during the Chinese New Year."
I hope the Emperor can remain as tolerant as he has shown.
The next day, rumors spread that the concubine of Prince Wohe of the Qing Dynasty was the wife of the second aunt of the Jia family.
Some officials attending the court would glance at Jia Lian from time to time.
Where is the doctor from the armory?
Jia Lian could have held this position before, but if the concubine of the Grand Duke of Qing was really his second aunt, then he would not be worthy of this position...
Jia Lian felt deep pressure.
But he still has to do what he should do.
With war approaching again, the Arsenal became the busiest government office.
The firearms of the Rakshasa Kingdom are not bad. After Jia Lian specially studied several Rakshasa muskets obtained from the Tatars, he became eager to try his hand.
The wooden gun that his aunt showed him... has always been in his mind.
"Your Majesty, Jia Lian requests an audience!"
"Xuan!"
Children are small after all.
I couldn't bear just a little bit of gaze.
The emperor was in a good mood today and was willing to comfort them.
"Your Highness, I, Jia Lian, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty!"
"No need to be polite, stand up!"
The emperor smiled and said, "I know you have been busy recently. Have you not had a good talk with your father yet?"
"I... am not here for family matters."
"oh?"
The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Tell me, what is it about?"
"Your Majesty," Jia Lian made up his mind, "I have something that can suppress the Rakshasa guns."
What? The emperor sat up straight and said, "Tell me about it."
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