Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

"I finally found you!"

Li Wan stopped Wang Xifeng on the way. She had just come from Lady Wang's place. Since she had Jia Lan, she rarely paid her respects to her mother-in-law.

But the mansion was not very stable during this period, so whenever Li Wan had free time, she would visit Mrs. Wang. Anyway, she didn't want anything else and was very sensible in her actions. In addition, because of Jia Zhu, Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang in the mansion took good care of her as a daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law.

Now, she was supposed to go and announce the good news, but she heard some not-so-good news from Mrs. Wang, and she was afraid that she could no longer arrange dinner for Lady Jia.

"Why are you here too? I heard from Jinchuan from my aunt this morning that my aunt asked you to help her prepare dinner at the old lady's place. It's almost time for dinner, and you've arranged it so quickly?"

When Feng Jieer saw Li Wan, she was a little confused.

The meals in the mansion were very complicated and all had fixed times. It took a lot of time just to prepare them. She was the one who did this job on weekdays. Whenever Lady Jia had a meal, she was almost always the one serving her, so she knew how much time it took.

"Don't mention it now."

Li Wan interrupted her and said that this was what happened, but she couldn't stand the news that came one after another.

"I just came from the madam's place. Besides the news of the victory, another one came out from somewhere. When the master heard the news, he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water and went straight to the old lady's place. I don't know what kind of noise is going on there now. The madam asked me to come over and asked you not to go over there first."

When the girls heard Li Wan's words, they were all stunned and immediately looked at each other.

"what news?"

Sister Feng frowned. Is there any other news? She had not received any news about this matter yet. Now that Li Wan mentioned it, she couldn't help but ask.

"I'm not sure whether it's true or not, but I heard that a prince went to the palace to see the emperor yesterday and reported that the Guanjun Marquis's mansion was colluding with the Prince of Dongping and intending to rebel."

Before Li Wan could finish her words, Xiangyun spoke first.

"This is impossible!"

  She had met Jia Hong, and Jia Hong had always been with Xichun and had never been anywhere else. There was no question of collusion between them. If there really was collusion, would he still let his personal guards go out to fight?

"Sister-in-law, Xiangyun and I have the same opinion on this point. Not to mention that Brother Hong and those rebel kings are sworn enemies, the reason those people committed the crime was that he killed the prince. Even if they wanted to form an alliance, I'm afraid it would be difficult for them to be sincere. Moreover, the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry and the Dongping Rebel Army perished together. If the two sides really united, why would they do such a thing? The price is too high. Even ordinary people would not be so uncalculated, not to mention that it is the Marquis' Mansion."

The other people nodded after hearing this. Even for them, they felt that this was extremely unreasonable. Could it be that the prince was crazy?

"Stop, stop, I haven't finished what I'm saying yet!"

Naturally, she would not believe this matter. Besides, she had met Jia Hong several times and had a certain understanding of his behavior and personality. Under his leadership, no matter who was in charge of the mansion, he could not make such an outrageous decision.

"Then what happened?"

Xiangyun asked again quickly.

  Seeing Xiangyun like this, Li Wan thought that she was just speaking her mind and did not think about other aspects. After a moment of calm, she continued, "I heard that the Imperial Guards surrounded the Marquis's mansion last night, but they did not find any evidence in the end." Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The frame-up in this matter was too obvious, but if it was really found, who knew whether the emperor sitting in the palace would believe it?

"Later, Master Lin submitted another petition, saying that the Fifth Prince had colluded with the Prince of Dongping and secretly stored prohibited items. The Imperial Guards surrounded the Prince's residence before they could even return to the palace."

The ladies were stunned. Who was Mr. Lin? Everyone present knew who he was. It was Lin Ruhai, who had now entered the cabinet as prime minister. As an official, he could be considered the person with the highest official position in the government.

Baochai glanced at Xiangyun, and this time Xiangyun did not continue speaking.

Although everyone was attracted by Li Wan's words, there was one thing that caught Baochai's special attention. With Lin Ruhai's current status, why would he go to investigate the Fifth Prince for no reason? You know, when it comes to the prince, it is no longer a trivial matter, especially now that the position of the crown prince is undecided and no one knows who will be the one to take the throne in the future.

If one offends a certain prince at this time, and does so in an almost ruthless manner, there is no guarantee that one will not be held accountable. She could think of this, and she felt that Lin Ruhai could certainly think of it as well, but in the end he still did it. If she were to say what made her most curious was what happened afterwards, it would be better to say who asked Lin Ruhai to do this.

"Could it be the Champion Marquis' Mansion?"

I have to say that Baochai's sixth sense is still very accurate.

"I heard that the Fifth Prince's luck was not good this time. Not only was the Prince of Dongping found in his mansion, but also a large number of thunder bombs."

Li Wan was still very cautious in her words, because she was not sure whether it was true or not, so she just said that she heard the news from others.

"As for what happened afterwards, I'm not sure."

  Hearing this, everyone slowly breathed a sigh of relief. If they were in the other person's shoes, they couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if they really found Prince Dongping in the Marquis' Mansion.

"If you ask me, that prince is really not..."

It is said that if you love a person, you love him/her too. Now that she has such a close relationship with Jia Hong, Xiangyun feels sick when she thinks of the Fifth Prince's behavior.

Fortunately, everyone present was a sensible person, and they quickly covered Xiangyun's mouth before she could finish speaking.

"Little ancestor, I dare not say that."

Sister Feng was frightened by Xiangyun. She knew everything in this courtyard! Walls really have ears. If Xiangyun's words were really heard by someone with ulterior motives, it might reach the ears of the fifth prince in the afternoon. By that time, things would be bad. The Hou Mansion and the Lin Mansion were not afraid of the fifth prince, but the Jia Mansion was not sure.

Xiangyun only said that because she was angry; she was not really stupid, so after Fengjie stopped her, she stopped talking and did not continue.

"Although this matter has little to do with our family, both Brother Xuan and Master Lin are closely related to our family, so it's not the master's fault."

Feng Jieer sighed. After the rebel attack on the city, she also saw a reality clearly. The glory of the mansion today was inseparable from the Marquis's Mansion and the Lin Mansion. If problems occurred in these two mansions, the Jia Mansion would have only one fate, and everyone would push it down when it fell.

"Second Madam Lian, the old lady asked me to call Master Bao over. Sister Xiren and I have been looking for him but we haven't found him yet. Have you seen Master Bao?"

(End of this chapter)