Chapter 290 Know
Jia Zhu is here?
Shen Ning was very surprised.
She really doesn't want to see him! If Jia Zhu, who was able to move around, had been more careful, he would have been able to discover something wrong at home.
But the West Mansion was not exposed. If something went wrong with her...
"Sir, please help me take care of Yue'er for a while."
Shen Ning didn't want to bring her daughter to see Jia Zhu.
The child is still young, and he smiles a little when he sees people. This is originally a good thing, but Jia Zhu is now a bereaved family. Even if he does not know the truth now, what if? "Madam, please go!"
Zhan Xue naturally took over the young disciple, "Just do your best in everything, and the rest... everyone has their own destiny."
"Thank you!"
Chen Ning waved her hand and signaled to Xiaodong to ask her to go get the palace doctor. Then she followed Qingzhu who had already lit a lantern, and the two of them slowly walked out of Ningcuixuan.
"Aunt~"
Jia Zhu was on this side of the bridge. When he saw her, he knelt down early and said, "Nephew...nephew wants to ask auntie to tell me clearly, is it my father or my mother?"
No one in the family was there, and he suspected that his father was dead.
But although my father was spanked that day, the torturer was not so cruel. When he and my grandmother left, my father got off the kang to see them off, which showed that the injury was not serious.
As for the very cold medicine that their grandmother asked Nanny Lai to give them, although it was very harmful to the body, the time required for taking it was short, and coupled with the warming tonic medicine they took immediately afterwards, as long as they took the right amount and on time, even if the cold was not completely cured in two days, their lives would not be in danger.
Jia Zhu wanted his aunt to refute him by retreating. He waited for her to refute him, but...
Shen Ning walked up to the small bridge and looked down at him.
Jia Zhu's hair is comparable to that of the old lady.
In the Red Mansion, people died young, and here..., if something goes wrong, will they still be doomed to die young?
"Is it because the old lady and the others are not at home that you suspect something happened to your father?"
"Yes~"
Jia Zhu's voice trembled slightly, and when he looked up, there was a gleam of tears in his eyes.
"…A man's knees are made of gold. You get up first."
Shen Ning looked at him and sighed in her heart, "Before I answer your questions, answer a few questions for me first."
"You say."
Jia Zhu stood up quickly.
"What would you do if something happened to your father?"
"…Fulfill your duties as a son!"
Jia Zhu sniffed secretly, "I want to go and keep vigil for him, burn some paper, and accompany him on his last journey."
He knew why everyone kept it from him.
"Don't worry, Auntie. What happened before is in the past. Now I am going to be a father."
He wanted to say, you don’t have to hide it from me, I can bear it.
Jia Zhu understood very well that he had to bear it.
His father is gone, and he still has two younger brothers and two younger sisters to take care of.
Even though he doesn't have to worry about Yuanchun, Baoyu, Huan'er and Tanchun are his responsibilities.
Their second branch has already been a great burden to the Ning and Rong mansions. In the future... even if they cannot give back, they must not be a burden at all.
"I know my limits."
Jia Zhu said sincerely, "I have promised Li that I will think more about my grandmother, her and the children in everything I do in the future."
"I'm glad you think this way."
Unfortunately, it’s not just Jia Zheng! Shen Ning had a headache, “If the old lady knew, she would definitely not stop you anymore.”
"Then... nephew will go now."
Jia Zhu bowed and wanted to turn around and leave.
"slow!"
"Aunt~"
Jia Zhu's body shook.
He didn't understand why his aunt would stop him from accompanying his father on his last journey at this time.
"Zhu'er, auntie has no intention of stopping you."
Shen Ning stated her attitude first, “I have called the palace doctor. If you want to go, you have to go with him.”
"Um!"
Jia Zhu wiped his tears and said, "Thank you, Auntie! I will go back and tell Li Shi so that she won't worry."
He's been gone for a while.
Li is a sensitive person and must be worried about him.
"As for Li, I'll have someone talk to her later."
In front of such a Jia Zhu, Shen Ning could only bite the bullet and said, “Zhu’er, you said you know the limits, so I will believe you this time, but believing is one thing, and worrying is another, do you understand?”
"I understand. I know my grandmother, aunt, and uncle are all worried about me. It's my fault."
He doesn't blame anyone.
He has no regrets either.
He tried hard.
Thank God, after my parents did such a wrong thing, my aunt still felt pity for them and let them go. That’s enough.
As for...
Jia Zhu's voice was somewhat difficult, "Aunt, my father..., is he suffering from a fever?"
He thought about it over and over again and this was the only possibility.
The poison in my father's body had not yet been cleared, and he was beaten with a stick. It was okay when they were around, but now that they are gone, they will definitely blame my mother.
Mother……
Thinking of his mother, Jia Zhu was filled with bitterness.
Mother won't give in to father.
The two of them will definitely quarrel, and it is even possible that they will come to blows.
Although my father is a man, he is certainly no match for my mother after being beaten with ten boards.
Everyone kept it a secret from him, and he didn't know if it was his grandmother...
"no!"
Shen Ning didn't know how much he had thought about in such a short time. When he heard "no", he looked at her hopefully, shook his head and sighed, "Your father..., your father withheld your mother's medicine, and your mother was very angry and took rat poison."
Boom~ Jia Zhu's body shook, and his voice was hoarse, "Aunt, my mother...how is she now?"
"Today is the seventh day. That day, the village chief came to report that your father and mother were both gone. Shuntian Prefecture found out that it was your mother... She first put drugs in the food, and then put drugs in the water your father drank. They died together."
Jia Zhu: “…”
He heard every word clearly, but he didn't want to believe any of it.
but……
It was so normal for my father to withhold my mother's medicine.
Jia Zhu covered his face and knelt down softly, like a little animal with nowhere to go, suppressing his tears.
Shen Ning sighed, “Here at the aunt’s place, if you want to cry, just cry out loud.”
Many times, it is not the things that overwhelm you, but your emotions that overwhelm you.
"It'll be alright if you cry. Otherwise, even your parents won't let you go."
“Wooooooa ...
Jia Zhu's crying finally got a little louder, and when the court doctor rushed over, he almost fell to the ground crying.
Chen Ning was afraid that he would catch a cold, so she signaled Qingzhu to borrow the reclining chairs that her sisters used for their summer naps from Ningcuixuan.
Mr. Zhan was a thoughtful man and even asked the maid to put two new quilts in the room.
At this time, Li Wan in Lixiangyuan had been waiting for Jia Zhu for a long time, so she sent someone to inquire about him. When she learned that he had gone to the East Palace, she didn't care about anything else and had someone carry her over.
Hearing Jia Zhu's crying from afar, her originally nervous heart relaxed a little.
She didn't know which of her parents-in-law had had an accident, but from everyone's attitude of hiding it from Lixiangyuan, she suspected that one of them had had an accident.
"Don't be afraid, it's okay as long as he cries."
Chen Ning comforted the pale Li Wan, "You are pregnant, don't worry about what's happening outside. Go back and take a rest to take care of yourself and the child. This is the greatest filial piety to the old lady and the greatest love for Zhu'er."
"Aunt~"
Li Wan carefully looked at the man who was crying and shaking in the quilt, and made sure that he was not as lifeless as last time, so she dared to cry for herself, "Is it my father-in-law?"
She thought the same as Jia Zhu. If it was her mother-in-law, the old lady probably would not leave home.
"…Don't think too much, go back and rest."
Shen Ning patted her hand, "Your parents have already reported the death, and they have been there, but Zhu'er's situation is special, so they didn't tell you. Listen to your aunt and go back to rest well."
"……yes!"
Li Wan felt relieved.
It’s good that someone in the family has been there, “Thank you, auntie!”
Chen Ning nodded and said to Su Yun, the maid beside her, "Serve your grandmother well and go back. If there is anything, call the palace doctor immediately, or directly send a letter to invite the imperial physician. Don't delay."
"yes!"
Suyun and the others all felt relieved.
The girls were afraid that the eldest lady of the East Mansion would dislike them or stay away from them from now on because of the bad words spoken by the master and the mistress.
After seeing them off, Shen Ning assigned two palace guards to take Jia Zhu's servant and the palace doctor with them to send him over.
Anyway, we finally got through it safely.
If anything happens to Jia Zhu again, it will be fate.
Chen Ning went back and picked up her baby, listening to her baby talk and occasional giggles along the way to heal herself from the chaos that had just occurred.
…
The Imperial Palace.
The emperor was so excited that he changed into his casual clothes and went to the Arsenal in person overnight with Mr. Liu to look for clues about the percussion flintlock rifle from Bi Maokang.
Over the years, the retired emperor has been on the defensive. Even after the horse-breeding land in Hetao, Ningxia was lost, he still held on to it. In fact, the development of firearms in Dazhao was still at the level of the founding of the country.
But the missionaries' muskets were obviously much shorter than Dazhao's muskets and easier to carry.
Falling behind means being beaten.
The emperor remembered Mrs. Shen’s words deeply.
I really have to remember it.
The lessons learned from the actions of Suo Jin and others are right there.
The Rakshasas are coming.
The attack came from over the mountains and across the rivers.
The English and Portuguese also came, driving their ships and carrying cannons.
Several minor conflicts also occurred with Dazhao in the coastal areas of Xin'an County and Haojing.
But no one in the court cared.
Even the emperor himself, after making sure that he had not suffered any loss, only rewarded the official who reported the incident by promoting him half a level.
But those people are not afraid to fight Dazhao.
There were several minor conflicts, with casualties on both sides.
The emperor felt that there was no real fighting, which was due to the quick response of the garrison officers and soldiers and the long supply lines.
However, Mr. Liu just did the math for him.
In the early years after the founding of Da Zhao and the reign of the Crown Prince, the annual taxes collected on maritime trade were far higher than they are today.
Later, accidents often occurred at sea, which might not be due to the handiwork of those people.
If you really want to count, it was Dazhao that suffered the loss.
The emperor couldn't help but care.
…
For Lady Jia, it is an unbearable pain to see a young person die before an old person.
Especially since today was the last day she could accompany him, the old lady fainted from crying several times.
She was sad about her son, but she also had to worry about her eldest grandson.
The eldest grandson's hair turned white overnight for the sake of his parents' lives. He worked hard to pray for their lives, but in the end...
"Old lady, it's bad, the master is coming."
What? After being persuaded with great difficulty to go into the house to rest for a while, Lady Jia hurried out when she heard the news that Jia Zhu was coming.
In the mourning hall, Jia Zhu cried with a hoarse voice and sounded extremely sad.
Grandmother Jia hurried over to comfort her, but was stopped by Jia Min.
"Mother, let Zhu'er cry for a while!"
It’s okay to cry, but holding it in… is the big deal.
"Didn't you ask us to keep it a secret? Who is it?"
Grandmother Jia gritted her teeth.
She had a lot of sadness and pain in her heart but nowhere to vent it. Now she found a way to vent her anger. She wanted to kill someone. "Where's Lin Zhixiao? Tell him to come over immediately. No matter who he is, capture him for me."
"Mother~"
Jia Min had a headache and hurriedly helped her walk back. "You can hide it for a while, but can you hide it forever? Zhu'er has always been careful. When we were not at home, he didn't suspect anything?"
If he had no doubts at all, that would be a big problem.
People who are too stubborn and too shrewd, like my second brother, cannot enter the officialdom.
"But we have to wait until he gets better."
The old lady was afraid that something might happen to her eldest grandson. "You don't have to persuade me about this. Zhu'er is feeling better now. If she gets hurt by crying..."
"It's okay if you hurt yourself?"
Jia Min asked back quickly.
Jia Wen, who had rushed over, heard his sister questioning his stepmother and quickly and quietly retreated.
In this world, only the younger sister can control the stepmother.
After being controlled, the stepmother could only hold it in.
After a long time, the pent-up anger will slowly dissipate, but if she goes over at this time, she will be in trouble.
Jia Wen's childhood experience made him retreat decisively.
Jia Min saw her sister's clothes flickering from the corner of her eye, and quickly grabbed her mother to stop her from turning her head. "If you cry too much, you can recover. But if your hair turns white overnight like last time, that's a big deal."
Grandmother Jia: “…”
The old lady wanted to say something, she had to ask! At this time, what would the other party be thinking when he was told the bad news about Zhu'er's parents? Do you want to block the second wife’s path to advancement?
In any case, in Grandmother Jia's mind, there is no possibility for Baoyu to become a high-ranking official.
Even if he becomes an official, it is unlikely that he will be an official in Beijing.
Only Jia Zhu...
"What you need to think about now is that it's a good thing for Zhu'er to cry out loud like this."
Jia Min didn't know who leaked the news at this moment, "He is so filial, but he can't see his second brother off for the last time. How sad must he be?"
Especially at my second sister-in-law's side, although a mourning hall was set up, the old lady has been here all the time. She feels that her biggest purpose is to watch over everyone and prevent them from going to worship her or burn paper for her.
Jia Min sometimes felt that her mother was quite that.
The biggest problem with the death of her second brother and sister-in-law was her own second brother.
"Mom, please don't make trouble. Just let him cry there!"
"How am I causing trouble?"
Grandmother Jia was so angry that she hit her daughter twice, "Are you not satisfied with anything I do now? If you make me angry again, I will take Zhu'er and the others back home."
"Oops~"
Jia Min pretended to be beaten severely and said, "I have been guarding for a few days, and I am old..."
"Bah, bah, bah, how dare you say you're old in front of your mother?"
Grandmother Jia was busy rubbing the place where she had just hit, "I understand what you said. You just want to ask if there is anyone with ulterior motives who wants to attack Zhu'er."
"Okay, I'll ask someone to ask for you right away."
While motioning the maid to check, Jia Min said, "But I suspect that your eldest grandson found it himself. We were not at home, so he... most likely found the eldest sister-in-law in the East Mansion."
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