The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 82
The next day, the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The weather was sunny with light clouds and breezy weather.

The long-lost warm sun made the whole Shenjing lazy.

Early in the morning, as soon as Jia Jing entered the main courtyard of Ningguo Mansion, she heard bursts of commotion inside the Yimen.

Taking a closer look, it turned out that the children of the Jia family in Beijing were waiting for the New Year gift.

Seeing Jia Jing coming, everyone rushed over to say hello.

Those who were nearer were called "Third Uncle" and "Third Grandpa", and those whose blood was farther away were called "Uncle Clan" and "Grandpa Clan". For a while, dozens of people shouted one after another in the yard.

"Okay, get on with your work!"

Jia Jing pressed her hand, and waited for everyone to calm down before ordering: "After you have received the New Year gift, go to my place too, and I have left a portion of rice, grain and meat for you!"

Hearing the words, everyone hurriedly came over to salute and thank you.

At this time, I saw Jia Zhen walking out of the warm pavilion in the house with her shoes on and wearing the big lynx cat leather jacket she wore yesterday.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered his servants to move out his reclining chair, put it on the stone steps under the corridor, spread a wolf fur mattress on top of the reclining chair, and lay lazily on it to bask in the sun, while watching the children The situation of coming to receive the New Year's gift.

At this time, seeing everyone gathered together in the yard, Jia Zhen shouted: "Everyone spread out, go over there one by one to sign and collect things, don't gather in one place in a swarm!"

Hearing Jia Zhen's scolding, everyone quickly dispersed.

All the younger nephews of the Jia family dispersed, and Jia Jing, who was surrounded in the middle, was naturally exposed.

Jia Zhen looked at Jia Jing in the crowd and said with a smile, "So it's the third brother Jing!"

Seeing Jia Jing standing there, Jia Zhen couldn't help lying there any longer, so she got up and asked, "Why are you here today?"

Jia Jing walked over and said with a smile: "Isn't it because I heard that Brother Zhen was giving New Year's gifts to the children of the clan, so I came here to take a look. It happened that a lot of meat for the New Year was sent to the village next door, and it was just me. The government, how can they use so much? I asked them to set aside some rice, grain and meat, and distribute it to everyone, so that everyone can have a prosperous year."

Jia Zhen listened to Jia Jing's words, and asked, "Jing's third younger brother Zhuangzi, how is the harvest this year?"

Jia Jing nodded, "The climate in the north this year is changeable, but fortunately, the villages below are willing to work hard, and the harvest is reasonable. The eight villages in Liaodong have more than 6000 taels of silver."

In order not to make Jia Zhen jealous, Jia Jing deliberately hid the income of the Green Willow Villa.

But even so, Jia Jing's words still seemed like a thunderbolt fell on Jia Zhen's head.

"Eight Zhuangzi, more than 6000 taels?"

Jia Zhen suddenly screamed, her voice was an octave higher.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Jia Jing wondered.

But at this moment, where could Jia Zhen hear other voices?
Thinking of his family's Zhuangtou Wu Jinxiao, when he entered Beijing this time, eight or nine Zhuangzis only handed over a total of 500 taels of silver to him.

Jia Zhen only felt a rush of hot air rushing from the pit of her heart to the top of her forehead, and then rushed out from the top of the sky!
Jia Zhen has the thought of killing people with a knife.

"You bastard with no conscience! Does he deserve my trust and preferential treatment by doing this?"

Jia Zhen murmured, but the more she read, the redder her eyes became, and she lost the mood to speak, and she was about to rush out immediately.

Seeing that Jia Zhen's situation seemed wrong, Jia Jing hurriedly reached out her hand and pulled her back, "Brother Zhen, what's going on? Are you so irritable for no reason?"

Jia Zhen's eyes were red, and said: "Third brother Jing, you don't know, that Zhuangtou Wu Jinxiao in my house only paid me 500 taels of silver this year! Eight or nine Zhuangzi, he only paid me such a small amount of silver." ! The rest of it is estimated to have been greedy by him!"

Jia Zhen gritted her molars, "If it weren't for the third brother, you said that the situation in Liaodong this year is not too bad, maybe we will really be deceived by this group of conscientious bastards!"

Jia Jing frowned when she heard this, "Are all the servants in the mansion so bold?"

"These idiots are desperate for money, what else can't they do?" Jia Zhen also said angrily.

After hearing Jia Zhen's words, Jia Jing was somewhat disapproving.

"Since there is a problem, shouldn't it just be arrested and interrogated? They are all the sons of the family, and those who really broke their consciences will beat them to death. I don't believe that there are still people who dare to do this Do!"

As soon as Jia Jing's voice fell, Jia Zhen hesitated, "But after all, they are the heads of the village outside, and they are all experienced. If they are killed, there will be no one to care about the Zhuangzi behind... ..."

"Why, without him butcher, you have to eat even hairy pigs?"

Seeing Jia Zhen's hesitant look, Jia Jing said angrily: "Brother Zhen wants to get back his own money, but he refuses to do anything serious, so it's possible that he must rely on reciting Buddhist scriptures to influence those idiots?

Hesitant, really unhappy!
If you ask me, Brother Zhen should follow me to find a job in the army, go to the battlefield twice, and keep it very different after returning! "

"Forget it then," Jia Zhen waved her hands again and again, "With my body, I'm afraid I'll die if I die!"

Immediately, thinking of Jia Jing's suggestion just now, Jia Zhen gritted her teeth after thinking about it for a while, "Third Brother Jing, I will follow your orders, and I will do it your way!"

After finishing speaking, he ordered the servant next to him, "Take a few people, go to the guest room, and tie up the two brothers Wu Jinxiao."

"Yes, sir!"

The boy should take orders and go.

"Third Brother Jing, I still have to go to Rongguo Mansion, so I won't be here with you," Jia Zhen put on the leather jacket, "Judging from the situation of their lies, Wu Jinxiao and the two brothers are in charge. Zhuangzi in the two houses have been corrupting our family for so many years, so I have to make them spit out all the greedy money this time!"

Jia Jing nodded, "Brother Zhen is on his own!"

Not to mention that Jia Zhen went straight to Rongguo Mansion angrily, and Jia Jing walked to the ancestral hall with nothing to do, watching a group of servants packing up the offerings under the supervision of Lai Er.

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New Year's Eve.

On this day, early in the morning, every household cleaned up the house, and then changed the door gods, couplets, listings and other things. In a short time, the whole of Shenjing became completely new.

But before dawn, Mother Jia and other wives who had orders on their bodies had already dressed in court clothes according to their grades, sat on a sedan chair carried by eight people, and together with Jia Amnesty and Jia Jing, entered the palace to salute.

It didn't happen like this in previous years, but who made Yuanchun a concubine this year?
The Jia family now belongs to the royal family!

And as a relative of the emperor, when it's New Year's Eve, don't you have to honestly enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings!
Of course, in the eyes of Jia Jing, the matter of entering the palace to pay homage seems rather cumbersome, but in fact, in the eyes of Jia Zheng and others, it is an extremely honorable thing.

The kind of Guangzong Yaozu!

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When they arrived at the palace, the members of the Jia family divided into two groups under the leadership of Xiao Huangmen who led the way.

Jia Mu and others went straight to the harem together with other concubines' families; while the men were taken directly to Fengxian Hall to meet Emperor Hongde.

According to the order of seniority and inferiority, batch after batch of relatives and relatives of the emperor went to pay New Year's greetings in front of Emperor Hongde, and Emperor Hongde nodded faintly.

When Jia Jing and his party entered the hall to worship, Emperor Hongde waited for everyone to salute, then he came down in person and pulled Jia Jing up from the ground.

Afterwards, Emperor Hongde pulled Jia Jing and questioned him with concern, which made Jia Jing feel what is called jealous eyes.

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