serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 351
At noon, the sun was scorching like fire.

Jia Yucun's housekeeper called several servants to carry two pieces of ice into the living room, put them in a copper basin, and then left.

Mei Changwen, Wang Rulin and Deng Hanlin sat there and looked at Jia Yucun attentively.

Jia Yucun: "What a great job! No clues were left behind!"

Deng Hanlin: "This must have been done by the military."

Wang Rulin nodded.

Jia Yucun: "It doesn't matter who did it anymore. This is a good opportunity!" After saying that, he looked at Mei Changwen.

Mei Changwen looked at Jia Yucun: "What do you think?"

Jia Yucun smiled: "Ma Ruifang is not Jin Shuqing. He cannot control the royalist party, nor can he suppress the people below, especially Zhang Guangru, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture."

Mei Changwen nodded, looked at Jia Yucun, Wang Rulin, and Deng Hanlin and said: "Zhang Guangru was the top candidate in the Enke Palace Examination in the second year of Jianwu. He had long been dissatisfied with Jin Shuqing and Ma Ruifang, who were overpowering him. Later, Jin Shuqing robbed him. Minister of the Ministry of Finance. Now that Jin Shuqing is dead, he will not let Ma Ruifang ride on his head again!"

Jia Yucun nodded and smiled: "Yes. Zhang Guangru will definitely find a way to seize power from Ma Ruifang, but his status and reputation in the royalist party are not as good as Ma Ruifang. This gives us an opportunity."

Wang Rulin: "Yes. We can take advantage of the royalist party's internal disputes to erode their power bit by bit, and finally annex the royalist party in one fell swoop."

Deng Hanlin: "This matter is not easy to handle. Zhang Guangru is not a fool. It is impossible for him to guess it. He will not do such a thing."

Wang Rulin smiled: "If you ask him to do it now, of course he won't agree. But if you drag him into the water, he won't be able to stop doing it."

Deng Hanlin: "Pull him into the water? How?"

Jia Yucun and Mei Changwen both looked at him.

Wang Rulin looked solemn: "People from Japan."

Deng Hanlin was stunned.

Jia Yucun and Mei Changwen were also impressed.

At this moment, the butler's voice came from outside the door: "Sir, Lord Yin Zhang of Shuntian Mansion is here!"

Mei Changwen was stunned and asked hurriedly: "What? You invited Zhang Guangru?"

Jia Yucun stood up: "You have to eat your food one bite at a time, and you have to do things one by one. Make a friend first. Let's go, let's welcome Zhang Fuyin." After that, he walked out.

Mei Changwen, Wang Rulin and Deng Hanlin looked at each other and had no choice but to stand up and follow him out.

There was silence in Sister Feng's courtyard. Everyone in the house knew that every time it was hot, Wang Xifeng would take an hour's rest at noon.

It's hot outside, but it's cool and comfortable inside.

But Wang Xifeng lay on her side on a large red sandalwood couch and couldn't fall asleep.

Ping'er sat on the chair next to her, with a bright red shirt spread out on his knees, with butterflies embroidered on it.

Wang Xifeng turned over and looked at Ping'er: "Come and feel it. Is my head a little hot?"

"Grandma, please stop tormenting yourself."

Understanding Wang Xifeng's thoughts, Ping'er was doing her sewing, "Everything must be allowed to come naturally, and don't force it. It still takes more than half a year. Besides, the second master just said an angry word, so grandma shouldn't take it to heart."

After a pause, "I have been following my grandma since I was a child. At least you can trust me for once."

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Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes and ignored her.

Ping'er stood up, gently lifted up the shirt, and admired the flowers, butterflies and bees embroidered on it: "Miss Lin really likes our eldest sister. I will give you this royal cicada-wing silk." Two horses. When the second wife finds out, she will probably be angry again."

Having said this, he looked around and whispered: "It's been so many years, why can't the second wife let go?"

Wang Xifeng looked sideways at her: "I advise you to stop getting involved in these things."

Ping'er smiled and changed his words: "Hey, I heard that the new Minister of Household Affairs passed away. It's our second master's turn this time."

At this moment, Feng'er outside shouted: "Second Master is back!"

While he was talking, Jia Lian came in sweating profusely, holding a black gauze hat, and shouted: "It's so hot! It's so hot! Quick, change my clothes!"

Ping'er was busy helping him change clothes.

Wang Xifeng: "I'll do it." After saying that, she came over to unbutton him and take off his robe. Then she took the wet handkerchief handed by Ping'er and wiped his face, then helped him put on a short-breasted white coat.Jia Lian turned around and sat down on the chair, took the tea from Ping'er and drank it in several sips.

Wang Xifeng picked up the round fan on the couch, fanned him a lot, and asked, "Why are you back now?"

Jia Lian pondered for a while and replied: "I plan to resign from the Ministry of Revenue."

Wang Xifeng was surprised: "Why?"

Jia Lian sighed slightly and looked at Wang Xifeng: "Jin Shuqing's death is unclear. There will definitely be a whirlpool of power struggle in the court, and the household department will bear the brunt. The master is right, I am not suitable for being in officialdom. Now my second brother is back. , it’s time for me to take a rest.”

Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lian blankly.

"Does the Second Master want to take a break or never be an official again?" Ping'er asked the key.

Wang Xifeng immediately looked at her and then at Jia Lian: "What exactly are you planning?"

Jia Lian smiled bitterly: "I would like to stay idle and take care of the family affairs. Unfortunately, I don't have this blessing!"

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng felt relieved and smiled on his face: "In that case, just stay at home and have a good rest. When the storm passes, we will see what happens."

After a pause, "Have you discussed this matter with Dongfu?"

Jia Lian shook his head.

Wang Xifeng: "Where is the master?"

Jia Lian replied with a bitter face: "I don't dare to go to the master's place now." As he said that, he looked up and down Wang Xifeng's body, then looked at Wang Xifeng's face, and took a closer look, his eyes sparkling.

Wang Xifeng didn't understand what he was thinking and said, "I'm going to see the eldest sister." After saying that, she turned to leave.

Jia Lian took her hand and said, "Why are you leaving?" After saying that, he stood up.

Wang Xifeng quickly took out her hand and said with a blushing face: "How bad it is in broad daylight." As she said that, she wanted to walk out.

Jia Lian smiled, picked up Wang Xifeng, and said to Ping'er: "Let someone prepare bath water." Then to Wang Xifeng: "Let them fight! If I don't give birth to a son, I won't go out." After that, He carried her towards the bed.

Ping'er blushed and spat, turned around and walked out.
On the other side, the banquet was still going on at Jia Yucun's house, and everyone was feeling drunk.

The drunk Zhang Guangru looked complacent and said, "Don't worry! I will definitely take care of you when I take control of the royalists."

Jia Yucun, Mei Changwen, Wang Rulin, and Deng Hanlin immediately exchanged glances, raised their glasses together, and said in unison: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your support and care!"

Zhang Guangru picked up the wine glass and drank. His hands trembled slightly, and the wine spilled out of the glass. He tremblingly brought the glass to his mouth and drank it all in one gulp.

Jia Yucun quickly filled up the wine for him and said, "Mr. Zhang, it's a big drink! Let's toast to Mr. Zhang again." Then he shouted to the outside: "Butler!"

The butler came in in response.

Jia Yucun: "Serve the wine! Serve the food!"

Butler: "Yes." He glanced at Zhang Guangru, who was already half drunk, turned around and walked out.

Jia Yucun looked at the butler's disappearing figure with a sneer on his lips, and then winked at Mei Changwen.

Mei Changwen understood, raised his cup, and said: "Master Zhang is a disciple of the Emperor, and the Emperor relies on him as a confidant. He will surely rise to the top and be promoted to a noble position in the future! Come, let's toast Master Zhang together!"

Wang Rulin shouted: "Master Zhang is the number one scholar, how can he be compared to the likes of Tanhua? It's ridiculous!"

Everyone laughed knowingly.

"Drink and drink."

Sure enough, Zhang Guangru tremblingly picked up the wine glass again.
At the same time, in the back hall of the Qianqing Palace in the opposite direction of Jia Yucun's living room, Emperor Jianwu in casual clothes was carefully looking at the Manchu and Qing imperial seals placed on the imperial desk. On the imperial desk in front of him were large and small tables. Ten seals, some of which were confiscated from the Manchu and Qing Imperial Palace in Liaodong, and more of which were given by the Manchu and Qing Emperor to the Mongolian tribes outside the Pass, are now all placed here.

At this time, Dai Quan hurried over and whispered a few words in Emperor Jianwu's ear.

Emperor Jianwu's eyes turned cold: "Is he still there now?"

Dai Quan: "Yes." After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Should we notify his family to take him back?"

Emperor Jianwu shook his head.

Dai Quan: "But."

Emperor Jianwu raised his hand and interrupted him: "Okay. I know this matter well."

(End of this chapter)