Chapter 82 Taking You Home
"Grandma, what will happen to our family in the future?"
Jia Rong was so worried that he couldn't even smile when facing his aunt for the first time.
"What to do?"
Shen Ning recovered a lot after washing her hands and face. She held her little daughter in her arms and looked at her cute little appearance. She raised the corners of her mouth and said, "It's just a rumor. You don't really think your uncle can do anything, do you?"
"Rumors?" Jia Rong was shocked. "Is the jade fake?"
“…”
Shen Ning looked at the silly child speechlessly, "Whether it's true or false, it will be a rumor. Even if someone wants to use this to deal with the Jia family, first of all, your uncle Bao has to be powerful." She kissed her little daughter who was happy to see her come back, "But do you think your uncle Bao is powerful?"
Jia Rong: “…”
He didn't know what to say.
Uncle Bao is still a child now. How can he know whether he will be powerful in the future?
"Still worried?"
Shen Ning took her daughter's hand that was about to be touched and patted Jia Rong's head, "Grandma will tell you a secret that everyone else knows but the Jia family doesn't."
What? Jia Rong looked at his grandmother.
"The Jia family is best at not teaching their descendants good things, but teaching them bad things."
What? Jia Rong's eyes widened.
Shen Ning ignored him and continued, "And you have forgotten that your second grandfather Zheng is the most selfish, and his heart is the coldest and cruelest among all the people in the Jia family."
After Jia Min passed away, Lin Daiyu came to the mansion for the first time. Although Jia She did not meet her, he gave her a lot of instructions. Xing Shi tried hard to keep her for dinner, but when that failed, she had to see her out personally.
Jia Zheng hadn't seen him either, but although Wang helped to relay some of the words, the main point was that she shouldn't hang out with her beloved son.
But what was Lin Daiyu's status at that time? If they were not related, as the second son of the second son of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Baoyu would never be able to be with her in his life.
It’s ridiculous that Rongguo Mansion has nurtured Wang’s appetite, as if her son is a phoenix egg and the heir to the title of Rongguo Mansion.
The Lin family had been marquises for five generations, and all the property they had saved was used by them, but they were not even willing to give them a good face.
As Jia Zheng was Lin Daiyu's uncle, if he had shown more concern for her, Wang Shi would not have dared to mistreat her like that, considering her love and respect for him.
Now thinking back to Dream of the Red Chamber, the last forty chapters were written by someone else, but in the first eighty chapters, Wang Xifeng and Baoyu were possessed by demons and Jia Zheng had given up on them, but Jia She still went around begging for help and trying to find someone to save them.
It is obvious that in Cao Gong's eyes, Jia She is more humane than Jia Zheng.
Yes, if he was not humane, he, the heir to the title of Rongguo Mansion, would not have lived in the east wing in such a cramped manner.
Shen Ning sighed again, "If I hadn't been so angry with your Second Madam Zheng today, I wouldn't have cared about that piece of jade... In fact, it doesn't matter whether I tell her or not."
In the Dream of the Red Chamber, Baoyu is the second most incompetent, useless and selfish person after Jia Zheng.
He seems to be affectionate and sentimental, but in fact he is the most heartless.
He made excuses for his lack of ambition and called those who studied hard "parasites". He provoked Jinchuan and saw his mother beating him, but he ran away out of fear without any sense of responsibility.
He watched Qingwen being driven away without saying a word, and then cried afterwards, as if he was so helpless.
In the end, the same scene was almost perfectly replicated on Lin Daiyu, and he was still the same.
Without the protection of his family, Baoyu could only be a beggar.
"Let's not talk about it. They live a foolish life. Baoyu is at most like your uncle Zhu. You say he is smart, but he is not smart. You say he is shrewd, but he is not shrewd either. He is just an average person, not very stupid. Whether he can pass the entrance exam is still a question. Even if he passes, whether he will be accepted or not depends entirely on the emperor's words."
In fact, Shen Ning knew very well that Baoyu was far inferior to Jia Zhu.
Who would care about a fake scholar who couldn't even enter the imperial court and was neither good at literature nor martial arts? Even the censor would not bother to impeach him.
"I've said that... it's not a bad idea to give them a tight grip."
Regardless of whether Baoyu has a prominent background or not, he has not brought anything good to the Jia family.
Each of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling has a prominent background, and each of them is pitiful.
If she were a fairy, looking back at this mortal world, she would be torn to pieces by Fairy Jinghuan.
What is this about the debt of love and the woman blaming the man for being crazy? Living a miserable life like that will only make it more difficult to accept.
Shen Ning let out a long breath, "You, just rest assured!"
The Jia family was raided, and it had nothing to do with Baoyu's jade.
Therefore, all the men in the Jia family should be tightened their belts.
"Then I... will hug my aunt again."
Jia Rong didn't know yet that his grandmother was going to tighten his belt for him.
His worries were temporarily suppressed, and he couldn't help but want to hug his little aunt again.
Where is this little aunt who was born safely after he prayed to the gods and Buddhas and made countless wishes? "Aunt, give me a kiss on your little hand, yes, yes, that's it"
Jia Rong chased Yueyue's little hand with his face and finally kissed it. He smiled and said, "You know I'm your nephew, right? You should grow up quickly. When you can walk, I will take you out to play."
"Do you still want to take her out to play?"
Shen Ning frowned, "We agreed that you would donate three copies of every book you read. Now, how many books do you owe me?"
"Oh, I'll hurry up and write."
Jia Rong was impressed by his grandmother. It was clearly a promise that she had forced him to make when he was young, stupid, and ignorant. "Writing a book does not conflict with taking my aunt out to play."
He is grown up now, and his grandmother can't fool him anymore.
"OK!"
Shen Ning held her little daughter in her arms, smiling, "I'll also let your aunt remember this."
Jia Rong: “…”
Did he accidentally dig a hole for himself just now? No way? "Madam, it's late. You should soak your feet and go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow."
Qingzhu came over at the right time to urge Jia Rong to leave, "Brother, it's time to go back and rest. You've been tired all day."
"Then...Grandma, aunt, I'm leaving."
Jia Rong touched his aunt's face reluctantly and finally left.
However, he did not go back to rest. He wanted to secretly watch how his father dealt with Jia Qin.
Should I really cut off his four fingers, or just do a superficial job to show off to my grandmother and actually handle it with care?
He also had to wait under the window of the ancestral hall to listen to how his second grandfather and others confessed to their ancestors.
Shen Ning didn't know that Jia Rong had so many things to do. She handed the child to the nurse and asked the little maid to help her take off her shoes and socks and soak her feet. "Where's Qingping?"
"She went outside to watch."
Qingzhu came over to rub her shoulders and back, "I'll light some calming incense later, it's important for you to have a good sleep."
"No need to light incense, I can probably fall asleep right now when I lie down on the bed."
Shen Ning closed her eyes slightly and said, "You will come with me to the palace tomorrow. Have you packed everything you need to pack?"
"Yeah, everything is packed."
They had already packed up the gold leaves, silver bills, spare clothes, handkerchiefs without marks, etc.
"Don't worry, my grandmother and I checked it several times."
I will definitely have to check it out tomorrow morning.
Shen Ning felt relieved. She quickly washed her feet, used up some water, and fell on the bed. Sure enough, she fell asleep soon after.
At the same time, Jia Qin, who was brought into the ancestral hall, thought he had escaped and was about to kowtow to express his gratitude, but he was caught again.
In front of Jia Zheng and the others, Jia Zhen said in a cold voice, "Jia Qin, the seventh room of the Jia family, has violated Article 73 of the clan rules. According to the rules, four fingers must be chopped off."
What? Jia Qin was stunned, and he hurried to find his mother.
But where is his mother here?
In the ancestral hall, in addition to the tablets of the Jia family's ancestors, there were also the eldest master, the second master, Uncle Zhu of the West Mansion and the patriarch of the East Mansion.
Ahhh, he was just betting some money, just five hundred taels, why did it cause such a big fuss?
At this time, Jia Qin hadn't seen Wang Shi yet. She had already woken up, but was too embarrassed to see anyone, so she leaned against the pillar on the other side.
"Now you have two choices," Jia Zhen looked at the unfortunate man who was shaking like a sieve, "Do you want to chop off these four fingers with one hand, or do you want to chop off two fingers on each hand?"
“…No, no no!”
Jia Qin cried, "I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again. Master, great master, sir, I really won't dare to do it again. Please forgive me!"
"Since he doesn't choose, you guys just do it!"
Jia Zhen gave a wink to the two guards who were holding him down, and they moved with super-fast movements, raising their swords and striking with their knives.
“Ah~~Ah~~~~”
The terrifying screams, accompanied by blood spurting everywhere and four slightly twitching fingers, frightened Jia Zheng so much that his body went limp and he almost fell down.
Jia Zhu also turned pale.
"Throw him out of the house," Jia Zhen gave him a look of disdain, "let him find a doctor from his own family. If he can't find a doctor, then he'll just die of pain."
"Leave your finger behind."
Jia She remained calm and said, "Bring a plate. Today... we will offer it in this ancestral hall."
Jia Zheng: “…”
Jia Zhu: “…”
The two dared not say a word.
I was afraid that my voice would tremble when I spoke.
They were all educated people and had never seen such a bloody scene.
Mrs. Wang, who was behind the pillar, pressed her chest and felt difficulty breathing.
She knew that Shen, Jia Zhen and Jia She had joined forces to show this to the three of them.
How could she cut off Jia Qin's fingers? She clearly wanted to kill their whole family! Wait, wait until her Yuanchun wakes up, she will definitely make them pay.
In fact, after a busy day, Yuanchun, who was finally able to take a break, felt difficulty breathing as she held a thin piece of paper that her parents had brought her with great effort.
The emperor knows her.
But the Emperor...
Yuanchun bit her lip.
Her aunt couldn't speak for her.
The emperor seems easy to talk to, but in fact, he may be the most difficult to talk to among all the princes of the retired emperor.
Now things at home are finally getting better.
Yuanchun carefully unfolded the paper and read it again and again before tearing it into small strips and placing them on the candle to light a small fire.
She didn't dare let the fire burn too strongly, for fear that someone outside would see it.
She placed the burning note into the tea bowl and watched it bloom with its last bit of light before going out.
Yuanchun burned them carefully one by one, and by the time Baoqin came back from her valet, she had already flushed all the paper ashes into the toilet.
"girl……"
"It's okay, it's done."
Yuanchun tried to smile at Baoqin who was concerned about her, "Go to sleep, you will see your aunt tomorrow."
My parents followed the path of Concubine Zhen.
So she applied for leave very smoothly.
But Yuanchun knew that the emperor and Concubine Zhen were not on the same side.
When she lay down, she felt very tired.
Tears kept falling, but she didn't dare wipe them away, for fear that her eyes would turn red and embarrass her aunt.
Time passes by little by little.
Compared to Yuanchun's difficult life and Jia Zheng and others who could only kneel in the ancestral hall, Shen Ning had a dreamless night.
It was almost dawn when she got up to take a bath and change her clothes. Youshi and Jia Zhen also came early.
"Today you also have to go to the Emperor and the Emperor Emeritus to express your gratitude. Do you know what to say?"
Shen Ning looked at her older son who was still very energetic even though he hadn't slept all night.
"Know."
Jia Zhen nodded and said, "My son invited the two officials from the Ministry of Rites to drink a few days ago. No matter whether it is the emperor or the emperor, my son just needs to express his sincere gratitude and show his deep gratitude and fear."
The emperor might even chat with him about family matters.
When Jia Zhen was a child, he went with his grandfather to meet the retired emperor.
As for the Emperor...
Maybe because of the emperor emeritus, it was just a routine to listen to his expression of gratitude.
My mother is going to the Queen...
"Mother, you..."
"Don't worry about my affairs."
I put a few candies in the specially sewn sleeve pocket, but I ate dry ones today.
Shen Ning was not afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that she would have to go to the toilet at that time. "The Queen... won't make things difficult for me."
She turned to look at her son, "Once you enter the palace, don't listen to what you shouldn't listen to, don't look at what you shouldn't look at. In short, except for thanking the Emperor and the Emperor, the rest... try not to speak if you can."
"Um!"
Jia Zhen nodded vigorously, "I understand, son. It's getting late, let's go!"
The mother and son got on the carriage and headed towards the palace gate.
After handing over the note, I thought I would have to wait for a long time, but unexpectedly, the maid from the Queen's Palace came out to greet me soon, "The Queen has been thinking about Madam since early morning." She had a friendly smile on her face, "Please follow me."
"Excuse me, Ma'am."
Shen Ning bowed slightly, and Jia Zhen hurriedly handed her a purse and bowed deeply.
The smile on the nanny's face grew wider. As she led the way, she said, "The Queen has a very good temper. Madam, you just need to be respectful. But it's early this morning, and the Queen may still have some things to do. You should rest in the side hall first."
"…Thank you for your thoughtful consideration, Madam."
It was too early. Although she didn't have to pay respects to Concubine Zhen, there were still several concubines in the emperor's harem. They had to pay respects to the queen! Shen Ning sighed in her heart.
If you come early, you will have to wait, but if you don’t come early, it will seem disrespectful.
This is all we can do now.
Taking Qingzhu with her and following the nanny, they talked about everything from clothes and shoes to the Queen's preferences. They also stuffed a purse with something in it. When they were about to arrive at Kunning Palace, Shen Ning saw Yuanchun waiting on the side of the road.
"Mr. Janeshe arrived very early!"
The nanny smiled, "Just yesterday, Concubine Zhen told the queen that Madam Shen is here, and she wanted you women to say a few words."
"Thank you, Mammy."
Yuanchun's face turned pale, but she still bowed.
"My queen is thoughtful."
Shen Ning also bowed slightly.
Neither of them expressed gratitude to Concubine Zhen.
The maid smiled and said, "Then I won't keep you two any longer."
She bowed slightly and turned away.
Yuanchun and Shen Ning looked at each other at the same time.
"Yuanchun...Greetings to Auntie!"
"Get up quickly."
Shen Ning held him.
The girl had slightly plump skin, a medium build, dark eyebrows, and a pair of bright and deep almond-shaped eyes, almost identical to the best version on TV.
"Auntie, everything is fine in the palace. You don't have to say anything for me."
She spoke briefly and quickly, "Tell my family that they don't need to send anything to the palace." Her family's money didn't come in large amounts.
"From now on...just pretend that you never gave birth to me!"
After saying this, her eyes were filled with sourness and heat, and she quickly raised her head.
"What nonsense!"
Shen Ning stretched out her hand and hugged her gently. "What to say and what not to say, Auntie has her own thoughts in her mind, don't worry, Auntie just asks you, do you want to go home?"
Can I go home?
Yuanchun's delicate body trembled, but she didn't dare to ask aloud.
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent."
She let go of Yuanchun, smiling, "Be good, wait for good news from your aunt."
Shen Ning suddenly thought of the reason why neither Lady Jia nor Wang would dare to object to bringing Yuanchun back.
"Aunt, you..."
“Don’t be afraid!”
Still a little girl.
Now is the time to go home and talk about marriage.
Shen Ning smiled, "As long as I do it, the old lady and your mother... won't object."
If you dare to object, then Wang will live in the ancestral hall!
Shen Ning made up her mind, "Just wait patiently, Auntie will definitely take you home."
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