Chapter 34: Blame
Prince Teng arrived very quickly.
He did not bring a physician immediately.
As an outsider, it is not appropriate for him to interfere in the affairs of the Jia family.
Even my sister can’t do anything.
The only ones who could take action were Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Shi.
But it is not easy to get the old lady to take action.
"This matter...it's hard for the Jia family to do anything."
Mrs. Wang, who had just returned, had a look of regret on her face. "Mrs. Shen may have been prepared for someone to attack her, so she hired two midwives at a high price. I saw it today."
She looked at her brother and said, "Brother, you have to think of a solution from the outside."
Wang Ziteng: “…”
He looked at his sister's haggard face, thought for a while, and finally nodded, "I remember Jia Zhen often walked outside."
“…”
Mrs. Wang's eyes slowly lit up.
Yes, why didn't she think of it? Shen only had this one son. If she suddenly heard that her son was in trouble...
Moreover, Jia Zhen is the head of the Jia family and the heir to the East Palace. If something happens to him, the position of clan leader will never fall to Rong Ge'er who has not yet grown up.
In this way, her husband Jia Zheng would have a chance.
The most important thing is that without Jia Zhen, Rongguo Mansion can naturally take over all the power of Ningguo Mansion in the military.
Hiss~ When the brother and sister looked at each other, a few smiles flashed in their eyes.
"Then I'll stay home and listen to my brother's good news."
If I had known this earlier, I would have looked for her brother earlier.
"Take good care of it."
Wang Ziteng was very affectionate towards his sister, "Don't worry, I will definitely get things done."
If the Jia family wants to get everything they have in the army, they cannot have a second voice.
"As for Zhou Rui..."
Wang Ziteng paused and said, "Don't worry, if the old lady can't handle it, my brother will help you."
When he stood up to leave, Jia Zheng came hurriedly over.
"Cunzhou should spend more time with Shulan in the future."
He called Jia Zheng's name, showing his closeness, but at the same time he couldn't help knocking, "She is your wife. If she loses face outside, you won't have much face either."
Jia Zheng: “…”
His face gradually turned red.
He was a little afraid of his brother-in-law in his heart.
but……
"yes!"
He bowed quickly, as if sending away the god of plague, and said, "Goodbye, uncle."
Wang Ziteng: “…”
He slowly stopped and asked, "Does Cunzhou know why Shulan has this disease?"
"……Know."
Jia Zheng was both ashamed and angry.
The Ning and Rong mansions were both made fun of because of the two branches of the Lai family. Just as the joke had died down, Zhou Rui came along.
Zhou Rui was in charge of the farm in spring and autumn, and the harvest he reported was lower every year. But in the end, he bought a large farm and another family outside, and his son and daughter all became masters and ladies.
Zhou Rui's wife even took advantage of Wang's influence to accept gifts from the maids in the mansion.
The kitchen and sewing room alone bring in hundreds of taels of revenue a year.
It’s ridiculous that Wang said she and her were like sisters.
"Brother, please take care of Shulan. She treats Zhou Ruijia as a treasure, but she ends up being treated as a fool."
Wang Ziteng: “…”
Is that what he meant?
He was clearly talking about Shen from Ningguo Mansion.
He took a long breath, "Can't Zhou Rui's things be recovered? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"What's the hurry?"
When Jia Zheng thought of his colleagues calling him Blind Jia behind his back, his face couldn't help but twist. "If others said that you don't know how to judge people and are blind, how would you feel?"
He is an official!
An official does not know the person well...
Whenever he thought about the fact that he would never be able to move in his entire life and would be treated like a joke by everyone, he wished he could kill himself by banging his head against a wall.
Because he was too embarrassed to see anyone, Jia Zheng had already asked for two days off in a row.
"I trusted Wang, so I handed over the household affairs to her, but what happened?"
Jia Zheng was about to cry. "It's fine if Zhou Rui put himself in jail, but he absolutely shouldn't have made me bear the reputation of being a bad judge of people."
Wang Ziteng: “…”
He wanted to say that even if there was no Zhou Rui incident, you, Jia Cunzhou, would not have been able to make any further progress.
Speaking of which, one of the two brothers of the Jia family is too lively, and the other is too old-fashioned.
"The head of Rongguo Mansion is your brother, isn't he referring to the steward Zhou Rui?"
Wang Ziteng looked puzzled and speechless, "Cunzhou, although we have a deep brotherly love, you can't take all the responsibility on yourself."
This? Jia Zheng was a little stunned.
But slowly, he seemed to react, "Yes..., my uncle taught me a lesson."
Wang Ziteng patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry about the government office." Although the Ministry of Industry also has a lot of things to do, this guy is really not cut out for work. "You just look after the logistics documents and sort them out. As long as the documents are correct, what's your fault?"
It's actually quite nice to just drink tea and read the official newspaper there.
If he really let her go outside, he would probably have to worry about his own sister.
Wang Ziteng decided to go have a drink with some friends from the Ministry of Industry when he got back.
"Go back and talk to Shulan. You are sad, but she is even sadder than you."
Wang Ziteng sighed for his sister, "Don't worry, I won't let Zhou Rui have an easy time."
"Yes!" Jia Zheng bowed again, his face much more sincere, "Thank you for everything, uncle."
Wang Ziteng waved his hand and strode away.
Jia Zheng stood there and thought for a while, and instead of entering Rong Xi Hall, he went to Jia's grandmother's courtyard.
Inside, Jia Baoyu was reciting poems to the old lady in a baby voice.
Jia Zheng stood at the door for a while, his expression relaxed a lot.
"The master is here."
When she saw it was his maid, she quickly opened the curtain.
Jia Zheng walked in quickly.
"master!"
Jia Baoyu was frightened, because he was most afraid of his father.
Some time ago, his father took some black steamed buns from school that were harmful to the throat and forced him to eat them. Although he was stopped by his grandmother after only a few bites, his throat still hurt for several days.
"Be good! Go down!"
Jia Zheng rarely spoke in a gentle voice, motioning the maids to take Baoyu out, "Mother..."
The door was closed, and he looked at his mother hesitantly, "My son hasn't been to the government office for two days."
"…What happened?"
Grandmother Jia was not too surprised.
Her son's job is the easiest, so it doesn't matter whether he goes or not.
He used to take leave often.
"Zhou Rui has put himself in jail, and now many people in the government are talking behind my back... saying that I don't know how to judge people."
Jia Zheng felt that he was conscientious and diligent, "My son is upset, but isn't it my eldest brother who is in charge of the Spring and Autumn rent of Zhou Rui?"
Grandmother Jia: “…”
She knew why her son was looking for her.
The old lady wanted to sigh.
After returning from the East Palace, she asked someone to call She'er, but who knew that he actually went out.
Zhou Rui’s case was difficult to handle in the first place.
If Xie'er were to take the blame again...
But you can't avoid taking the blame.
If She'er doesn't take the blame for his poor judgment of people, given Zheng'er's temper, I'm afraid he will have to keep asking for leave and not go to the yamen.
The Jia family only has two titles in vain. If Zheng'er doesn't go to the government office...
The old lady really sighed, "It is indeed your elder brother who is wrong in this matter. I will talk to him later."
"In that case, the son thanks his mother!"
Jia Zheng bowed and poured a cup of tea for his mother. "Mother, you and Wang came back from the East Palace. What did the elder sister-in-law say?"
"It wasn't her."
Grandmother Jia shook her head, "If she wants to do it, she won't deny it."
Can you blame her for always relying on Jing'er and his wife? It's true that both sons are useless.
Two daughters-in-law...it’s better not to mention them.
She is so old, but she still has to clean up their messes.
"I heard that the eldest uncle of the Wang family came. What did he say?"
"Nothing," Jia Zheng said unnaturally, "Just asked me to take care of Wang more."
Grandmother Jia: “…”
No one knows a child better than his mother.
She immediately guessed that it was Wang Ziteng who asked She'er to take the blame for his poor judgement of people.
The Wang family finally has a capable person!
Grandmother Jia was very envious.
Not only do they envy the Wang family for producing a talent like Wang Ziteng, they are even more envious of the fact that Wang Ziteng was not implicated by his family and was able to become an official with great power.
"Hmm~"
Grandmother Jia was in a slightly depressed mood. "Since he said that, you should go visit Wang more often." At this point, she thought of something else. "Zhu'er is on leave. She said she was going to the school this morning. She should be back soon."
This time, it seemed that her daughter Zhuer had lost a lot of weight.
"Send someone to invite an imperial physician. When he takes Wang's pulse, he should also take Zhu'er's pulse!"
"……yes!"
Jia Zheng thought of his son's condition and became a little worried. "Son, I'll ask someone to get Doctor Wang."
At this time, Jia Zhu had indeed returned from school, but he did not go home. Instead, he went to Ningguo Mansion first to pay his respects to Shen Ning.
"Auntie!"
He was sitting in the hall. When he saw Shen Ning coming in, he stood up and saluted. "It's been a while since we last met. Auntie looks much better."
Before he entered the mansion, he was still worried about this aunt.
"Well, the shopkeeper Chen of Huichuntang who checked my pulse is a very capable person."
Searching the original body's memory, Jia Zhu has always been a very gentle and warm-hearted boy.
He studies very hard, takes care of his younger siblings, and respects every elder who shows kindness to him.
Shen Ning said, "Zhu'er, you've lost weight again. Although you've been studying hard, you can't ignore your health. Let's go back to Huichun Hall and ask Shopkeeper Chen to prescribe a prescription for you to replenish your body!"
"……good!"
Jia Zhu wanted to refuse, but seeing the concern in her eyes, he paused for a moment and then agreed with a smile, "I'll go when I have time. This morning, my nephew went to the school. The newly hired Mr. Fang and Mr. Chen are both very talented. I heard from them that Mr. Jiao also has students practice martial arts every day..."
"You think it's not okay?"
"No, no, no!" Jia Zhu hurriedly shook his head. "The Imperial College also has classes such as Cuju, horse riding, throwing pots, and archery."
He just didn't expect that Jiao Da would teach some things he learned on the battlefield to the young people in his clan.
"The Jia family was founded on martial arts, but the young men in the family have gradually neglected martial arts. In my nephew's opinion, this is not a good thing."
When he was young, he actually wanted to learn martial arts.
Even if they don't go to the battlefield, people who practice martial arts will have faster body reaction speed, whether it's Cuju, horse riding, tossing pots, or archery.
"Now that my aunt has restarted the martial arts, although the proportion of class time is very small, it is much better than before."
From now on, all the children who go to school will be blessed.
It also helped him make up for some of his childhood regrets.
"Oh?" Shen Ning smiled, "Have you eaten the bitter and sweet rice?"
"I soaked it in hot water and ate a bun."
Jia Zhu smiled, "If Mr. Lu from our Imperial College knew about this, he would probably follow suit and learn from him."
(End of this chapter)
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