Red House Shoufu

Chapter 49
Xia Shouzhong's words reminded Gao Yongheng that the East Palace had not yet been decided, and his sons and their mother and concubine did not have a fuel-efficient lamp.

If I treat Rong Jia differently and make them think that they shouldn't have, wouldn't it cause Rong Jia a lot of trouble.

"Forget it, let them do their calculations. With Nanny Zhang around, Rong Jia is considered smart. They should be able to handle this little calculation."

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly joked, "Master Rongjia has His Majesty's protection, so it's hard for gods and ghosts to invade!"

……

However, in Fengzao Palace, the elegant and luxurious concubine Jia Yuanchun was sitting in front of the window in a daze.

The seven phoenix gold hairpins on the bun show the emperor's favor.

Baoqin hurriedly approached, and whispered in her ear: "Your Majesty, this servant has found out that the equivalent amount of money and food from Lin's family has been donated to the Nursing Home in the name of nobles from various palaces."

Yuan Chun sneered: "I've said it a long time ago, if you want to please His Majesty, you have to distinguish the situation clearly. They want to use the Lin family's cousin to win over the Lin family, and even take the opportunity to please His Majesty, and they don't want to see if there will be a taboo. !"

Baoqin can't understand what Yuanchun said, is there any taboo to give some gifts to the cousin girl in favor of His Majesty?
Yuan Chun didn't explain, and continued to look at the narrow sky above the palace wall.It took years of caution to get where it is today.Even life and death, glory, are all in the emperor's thoughts, it is better than being coerced by others to do things against one's will.

"Baoqin, tell me, do we have a chance to go back to Rongguo Mansion again? I miss home so much!"

Yuan Chun asked unconsciously: "I don't know how many people outside the palace walls remember Jia Yuanchun!"

……

The New Year's atmosphere quietly dissipated after the Lantern Festival.

There is only less than one month left before the eight-year examination for governing morality, and candidates from all over the country have arrived in the capital one after another.

Inns, temples, and renters made the whole capital even more noisy.

Fuquan walked into the study with several invitations in his hand, and handed them to Lin Shu: "Master, these are the invitations I received in the past two days, and one of them was sent by the Nanzhili Guild Hall."

Lin Shu, who was reading a book, raised his head, opened the invitation and looked at it. Sure enough, there was an invitation jointly signed by his sons from his hometown.

"Brother Jin Yuxian, at the end of the 21st of the first lunar month in the same year in Xiangzi, we met friends by writing in Lanyue Tower, and waited for Brother Xian to come."

Fuquan added: "Uncle Huan also received the post, and his subordinates have already sent it over."

Lin Shu nodded, and he ordered: "You send a letter, which means that I will come to the meeting on time tomorrow. Then go to the account to withdraw 200 taels of silver, and give it to the guild hall, so that they can treat you virtuous brothers well."

Fuquan took the order to go out, Lin Shu looked at the joint name on the invitation card, and smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Nanzhili's culture was at its peak, and there were about [-] applicants for the exam on this invitation alone, and this was not counting people who did not live in the Nanzhili Guild Hall.

Among this group of people, Lin Shu could see several people of the same age as him who had been elected together.After five years of Zhide, Qinhuai had a drink together, but unexpectedly they actually met in the capital.

He put down the invitation card, and continued to pick up the anthology of Shiwen just now and read it.It was not until noon that I had dinner with Daiyu.

"Brother, if you have time in the future, can you accompany me to the Dabaoen Temple?"

Daiyu looked at Lin Shu expectantly, and when she saw Lin Shu nodding, she laughed happily.

Lin Shu asked: "Why do you suddenly want to go to the Dabaoen Temple? Is there any temple fair there?"

"It's not the temple fair, it's Sister Feng who said that she will accompany Brother Rong's daughter-in-law to fulfill her wish with Second Sister and the others, and asked me if I will go."

Daiyu explained, Lin Shu's expression moved slightly, he didn't say anything, and looked at Mother Wang secretly.

After the siblings finished their meal, Daiyu went back to take a lunch break.Lin Shu called Wang Momo over: "That Ningguo Mansion is in good health? So soon?"

Since it is similar to the poison Daiyu suffered, I'm afraid it won't recover so quickly.How can I still go out to the temple to fulfill my vows?
Wang Momo replied: "The old servant sent people to watch Ningguo Mansion. I heard that Grandma Rong is recovering from her illness. Although she still has minor ailments, she is fine. It's just..."

"Just what? Mammy said bluntly."

"It's just that there are rumors in the Ningguo Mansion that it is Grandma Rong's illness. I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's Master Zhen who wants to pick up ashes to scare her!"

Wang Momo's words made Lin Shu suddenly think of the sentence about Jiao Da in this original work: "The one who climbs the ashes climbs the ashes, and the one who raises the younger uncle raises the younger uncle."

This Jia Zhen really doesn't know how to live and die, and Jia Shishi, he doesn't believe Jia Zhen's nonsense, does Jia Shishi know?If the ashes-picking scandal is exposed, the reputation of the Jia family will definitely be tainted.

The mother's family's reputation has been ruined, so how could Jia Yuanchun in the palace not be involved?It's really an expert in fighting inside, but an outsider in fighting outside, extremely stupid!

"Since that's the case, Mammy will continue to send people to watch. Also, don't dirty Yu'er's ears with this kind of scandal."

Lin Shu gave Mother Wang some advice, and then went to the front yard.

He still felt that he had to go to Jia Lian once. Jia Zhen's life and death were not important, and Qin Keqing couldn't die yet.

It wasn't that he had a Madonna attack, nor was he reluctant to part with beautiful women.It's just that since Qin Keqing is the daughter of the former prince, a huge force is involved behind her.

No matter who the target of this force is, as long as it can pose a threat to the faithful Wang Gao Yongyi, he will try to win him over.

And the emperor is probably thinking about this too. As a supporter of the emperor, he naturally wants to "share his worries" isn't it!
……

At a quarter of a hour, Lin Shu and Jia Lian were sitting in the private room of a restaurant next to Ningrong Street.

Fuquan had already sent someone to clear the place, Lin Shuyao looked at the magnificence of Ningguo Mansion, and repeated what Wang Momo said.

"Cousin Lian, haven't you heard the rumors about this?"

Jia Lian stood there in a daze for a long time, but after Mu Leng was furious.

Is this because the Jia family didn't die fast enough?He managed to solve the poisoning incident, but he didn't expect that there would be such a scandal behind it!
Hearing Lin Shu's question, Jia Lian shook his head and replied, "I've been accompanying you in the palace these days, and I haven't even been home a few times. And..."

A name suddenly popped up in his mind, and angrily smashed the teacup on the table: "Many people in the family know Qin's identity, but no one told Jia Zhen, what is the old lady trying to do?"

In Ningrong and Rongfu, there are several people who know Qin Keqing's true identity, Jia Shishi, Jia Wangshi, Jia She and Jia Lian.

Of course, Jia Jing, Jia Zhen's father, must have known about it.

But the one with the best news is definitely Jia Shishi.Because the managers of the two governments are both members of the Jia Shi family.

Jia Lian didn't believe this scandal, and Lai Erhui didn't tell the old lady.The reason for the old lady's silence is nothing more than two. One is to use this handle to restrain Jia Zhen, who is the patriarch of the Jia clan, and the other is to let Qin Keqing die under the rumors and slander, so as to relieve the emperor's troubles and hope Let Yuanchun be more favored.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of the emperor, Qin Keqing is more useful alive than dead.On the contrary, what the old lady did would only make the emperor hate the Jia family even more.

Lin Shu and Jia Lian discussed secretly in the private room for a long time, and finally hurried back to Rongguo Mansion.

Lin Shu was standing in front of the window of the restaurant, quietly watching Jia Lian step into the gate of Rongguo Mansion, and drank the wine in his hand.

"Fuquan, arrange someone to investigate Jia Zhen's situation. It's best to find out how close he has been with those people recently. I always feel that behind this incident, it's not that simple!"

(End of this chapter)