Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 564 Who is going to send a message to Jia Jing?

"Pass the imperial edict, Qianqing Palace is preparing to go to court, ministers."

Just as many officials were arriving one after another, Eunuch Yun from the Yangxin Palace was shouting at the top of his lungs on the steps leading to the Qianqing Palace.

Then his eyes quickly scanned the scene, and he saw the scene in front of the palace clearly. Many people from the civil servants came, and they were all talking about it, but only a few people came here from the honorable nobles.

how so,

Xiao Yunzi was afraid that he had been dazzled, so he stared at the courtyard in front of the palace with wide eyes, and looked carefully again. Only the Marquis of Xiangyang and the Marquis of Luo Yun were standing there with a few people, and he felt in his heart Suddenly, he turned around and left without waiting for any civil servant to come over to ask questions.

He quickly returned to the Yangxin Hall and entered the cabinet conservatory. When he arrived at the bedroom, he met His Majesty and respectfully replied,

"Your Majesty, I went to the Qianqing Palace to inform the courtiers that they were ready to go to court. However, the only people who came in front of the palace were the Marquis of Luo Yun and the Marquis of Xiangyang. There were only a few people around them. The rest were not there. On the other side were the six cabinet ministers. It’s almost time to arrive, and the officials from various ministries have also gathered.”

"Well, this happened,"

Emperor Wu was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't come. Maybe he didn't know or there was something else going on. Something was wrong. It's impossible that he didn't know about such a big thing. He should be waiting for the North King and the East King. If they don't come, how can they compete with the cabinet? Cabinet ministers, Lu Wenshan and the others came prepared this time.

"Your Majesty, would you like to postpone your appearance in court for some time?"

"No, just as usual, your honor will not be absent,"

Dai Quan next to him asked in a low voice, but Emperor Wu was not worried. How could those old foxes not know that the civil servants were coming menacingly, and they must be thinking of countermeasures.

"Everyone, it's getting late, it's time to enter the palace,"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I know."

"please!"

Angry words came out of Li Guogong Liu Biao's mouth,

"Haha, that's well said. If civil servants don't hold back their bad intentions, how can they find anything to do with us?"

Seeing that it was almost done, King Beijing and Duke Zhenguo looked at each other and nodded.

Old countryman Niong Qing was surrounded by many nobles. It turned out that the nobles were not backward people and had been waiting here for a long time.

"Your Majesty, that old man Lu Wenshan is getting more and more shameless. He actually dares to instigate his disciple Yan Bing to go outside the Meridian Gate and beat the drum. He is pointing the finger at us. It seems that he has already planned it in his heart. Ningguo Mansion The matter still requires the two princes to deal with it a lot."

"It's not too late. There's no such thing as being too late. We are all here because we want to see how the civil servants framed the Ningguo Mansion. Is it possible that they can be tortured to extract confessions? I don't believe that a group of acid Confucian scholars can rebel. God won’t do it.”

Shuirong, the king of the north, and Mu Shi, the king of the east, will not sit idly by, but the pros and cons of this matter need to be weighed, and the Ningguo Mansion also wants to see how the Jia family should deal with it.

And in front of Chongwen Gate,

The morale of the nobles around him greatly increased after hearing this.

Everyone returned the gift one after another, and the old Duke was even more impatient.

Rongguo Mansion,

In Rongqing Hall,

Everyone was startled and looked back, only to see that the speaker was Mu Shi, the king of Dongping County who had just arrived.

Prince Mu, walked closer, raised his hands and saluted,

"Brother Shui, dear old princes, I am late."

Wang Shuirong of Beijing got off the carriage and walked towards the palace gate. He met Duke Zhen Guo and others in front of the gate. They looked at each other, and they all had gloomy expressions on their faces.

"Boss, what do you say?"

"Who else could it be? Yan Cong's teacher is not the old boy Lu Wenshan. That old boy is just holding something bad in his heart. It is definitely everything he arranged."

When Wang Shuirong of Beijing saw that all the old princes had arrived in person, he dared to show off and return the favor.

"Dear Dukes, don't be anxious. We will not stand by and watch this happen. Also, who is Yan Cong? Why haven't you heard of it before?"

"Old Duke, please come first!"

"well said!"

The eldest master, Jia She, and Mrs. And Mrs. You.

Mother Jia had a sullen face and asked her eldest son Jia She first.

But Jia She was quite restless as she sat there. She had just heard about what happened today. Didn’t Jia Zhen say that she made elixirs by refining elixirs and entered the Taoist sect to practice Taoism? How could she be involved in those practices? The medicine was useless, and I had no way to practice Taoism. I felt a little pain in my heart. I gave away a lot of money, and even the flower houses in the government could not bear to buy Qinghuan, just for a mouthful of elixir.

"Returning to mother, this matter is too strange. We all know about Jia Zhen's Taoism. We met her son once, and he set up an altar in Tianxiang Tower for worship, and then made elixirs in the same yard. Why? It's really puzzling to suddenly appear outside the house and do it with great fanfare. Do you think someone could have secretly set a trap for Ning Guo Mansion?"

She couldn't tolerate Jia She not thinking that way. Jia Zhen was having a bad time and had offended many people. She was afraid of revenge. After hearing this, Jia Mu's face became even more gloomy. What does it mean to be tricked? She was still evading the mistakes she had made.

"Boss, please tell me who set the trap. The only person who was offended was Luoyunhou Mansion. Then do you know how Mrs. You came out? Ningguo Mansion is now surrounded by Imperial City Guards. It's not safe to go and get people. It can be fished out.”

When Jia She saw Jia's mother angry, she sat up straight and replied,

"Mother, my son didn't mean that. Everyone knows what happened to Marquis Luo Yun. He wanted to avoid suspicion and shouldn't take action. But the civil servants, how could they react so quickly? What happened at noon? Now someone is beating the Dengwen drum. , It’s really shocking. Second brother, tell me about the letter you received. Who typed it?”

Jia Zheng was a little embarrassed when he heard this. He had indeed received the letter. The person who conveyed the letter turned out to be his colleague Mr. Qin. Otherwise, he would not have known what happened. As for the person who said the trick was Luo Yunhou, he must not believe it.

"Brother, mother, I really know this. The person who beats the drum is Yan Cong, the official of the Sixth Ministry, and he also wrote the complaint. Now that the imperial envoy has taken the document and handed it to the palace, the court meeting must be held in the evening. Yes, but if you can't see Jia Zhen, how can you know the inside story?"

Jia Mu suddenly asked,

"Who sent you the letter?"

"It's Mr. Qin Ye, Mr. Qin."

"It's him!" Mother Jia was shocked. She didn't expect it to be Qin Keqing's father, Qin Ye. She felt mixed emotions for a moment. Seeing the two of them unable to sit still, she knew that the time of the meeting was tight, so she stopped talking nonsense.

"After the two of you go to court, the second brother does not need to interrupt the court meeting. Boss, you have to follow the other old princes to cry out for Ning Guofu. I have already informed Duke Zhen and King Beijing of this matter, and they will definitely They are going round and round, but since they are coming fiercely, they will not give up, so they will act according to the opportunity, and the title of Ningguo Mansion must not be lost, otherwise how can I face the ancestors of the Jia family!"

"My son knows,"

The two stood up, knelt down, and responded together.

"Go ahead,"

"Yes, mother."

The two stood up and bowed again, then hurriedly left the house and headed towards the palace.

After the people left, Jia Mu slumped down on the kang as if she had lost all her energy. The mandarin duck next to her saw her and hurriedly went over to help her.

"Old lady,"

Before she could finish speaking, Jia Mu stopped her. She looked at Mrs. You who was still crying beside her and sighed.

"Zhen family, relax, I won't let go of Ningguo Mansion's affairs. These days, you will live with the Zhu family, stay for a few days to rest, everything will be over tonight. Clearly,

As for the future,"

A trace of sadness flashed across Jia Mu's face. If it didn't work out, her old relatives and even Marquis Luo Yun would not sit idly by if she wanted to keep her title. However, Brother Zhen was probably going to be held responsible, so she had to take this step as a last resort.

"As for the future, we can only see what the palace wants. What can we, the women of the Jia family, do? We have to take it one step at a time."

When Mrs. You heard this, she burst into tears and felt sad in her heart. She sat there and cried for a while, with a look of exhaustion on her face. But even so, she could not hide her fair and delicate face and plump figure.

Hearing the comforting words of the old lady, Mrs. You knew that she had done everything she should do at this time. If she had met him earlier, how could she have encountered such a disaster except for the evil way? She thought of the vicious soldiers surrounding the house. She looked a little scared in her heart. If she really went to prison, how could she, as a woman, go to prison and be humiliated?

If Feng Yatou and the people from the Hou Mansion had not gone to pick him up, the consequences would have been unpredictable.

Master Jia Zhen is also confused. Everything in the house is good, so why should he cause trouble? Those innocent women are enjoying themselves by his side. What kind of Taoism is he practicing? However, he has not touched his body for three months, so he is really practicing Taoism.

"What the old lady said is that as a woman, I have no ability to care about others. I just want to take care of the living expenses of the servants in the house. What can I do about many things?

I also tried to persuade them to practice Taoism, but neither father nor son listened. They had no choice but to talk to Feng Yatou about the matter. However, they had just settled down for two days and returned to their original state. I had been living alone in Dongyuan for half a year and was unable to intervene. , what can you do! "

Wang Xifeng hesitated to speak, and Jia Mu's eyes darkened. She was not to blame for this, she had neglected her restraints. If she had been tougher last time and didn't wait for Mr. Jing's reply, perhaps this disaster would not have happened.

"I don't blame you for this, but I do blame me a little. I never thought that Brother Zhen would be so obsessed with this matter and wanted to wait for a letter from Master Jing. In this case, Feng girl, when will Jia Lian come back?"

Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment after hearing what old Jia Mu asked. She thought of the last time she went to Anhu camp in Laiwang, but Jia Lian wrote back and said that it was not possible.

"Old lady, Jia Lian can't come back. He said that a guest army has arrived and is training. My uncle has not returned home yet. When the army is assembled, he will go south. He said that he is going to the south of Beijing to suppress the chaos. My granddaughter-in-law is here. I feel uneasy in my heart.”

After speaking, her eyes turned red, and a woman as tough as Wang Xifeng also shed tears. When she thought of Jia Lian going to the battlefield, she was in a state of panic. She had no eyesight for swords and guns. She didn't have a son and a half, so what should she do in the future.

The people in the hall were shocked after hearing this. Why did Jia Lian go to the battlefield? When did it happen? It was too sudden. Jia Mu was even a little distracted. Although she was prepared, she still couldn't accept the news when she heard it.

"Why so fast? Didn't you say you still have some time to think about it again? Why are you in such a hurry to decide?"

"The person who replied said that Jia Lian and his eldest brother Wang Ren led 20,000 elite troops from the capital camp to follow their uncle south, hoping to decide the outcome in a battle. They also said that the vanguard officer was Lu Jiedu, the military envoy of Daliang City, who personally served as general. We must not be afraid, so we made this decision. On that day, Hongnong Dianwei General Hu led his troops to the Anhu camp."

Wang Xifeng sobbed a few times and repeated Jia Lian's words in detail. The old lady thought about it carefully. Hongnong Dianwei, that stupid big guy Hu Le, was actually him, and Lu Daiyuan, the governor of Daliang City, were all I haven’t seen this old man for a long time, and I have an old relationship with the Duke’s Mansion, so I’m not afraid.

"Okay, wipe your tears. What's the etiquette of crying? Since Jia Lian has decided, there must be something hidden in this matter. These people you mentioned have an old relationship with our Rongguo Mansion. I think everything will be fine. You can relax now. The most important thing is to inform Mr. Jing of this matter. Who do you want to let go?"

Jia's mother lamented in her heart that in troubled times, everything had come together. However, when the Ning Mansion suffered a disaster, Jia Jing must be informed. However, there were not many male descendants in the direct line, and only Jia Lian and Jia Zhen could accomplish anything. Now the two of them Everything has happened, so what should we do?

The people in the hall looked at each other with sad faces. There was not even a well-established man in the house of female relatives. Wang Xifeng was not as shrewd as usual, and had some distracting thoughts. Who else wanted to go somewhere.

Mrs. , said,

"Old lady, my daughter-in-law has something to say and I don't know whether to say it or not."

Mrs. Xing opened her mouth. The most sensitive person was not the old lady, but the second wife who was silent opposite.

"Tell me, at this juncture, what can you do?"

Looking at the second wife's appearance, Mrs.

"Old lady, now that all the women in the house are here, they can't show their faces. After all, no one knows what's going on outside.

As the old lady said, foreign affairs still require the help of someone with a strong family background. Now, Jia Lian, the big house in the house, is not from me, but I heard that Lian'er is going south to quell the chaos. I am not worried. I have said it again. Coming back is not an opportunity. "

Then he carefully looked at Jia Mu's face and saw that she had no objection. She became bolder and continued,

"There is also Jia Zong in the big house. He is too young and ignorant. He also has the treasure of the second wife. He is a direct lineage. Even Jia Huan is not comparable to him. Now the two houses of the Jia family are in trouble. Outside the city To convey the message from Xuanzhen Temple, we need Baoyu to come forward, otherwise if outsiders go, Master Jing may not be seen. Of course, we need to bring more servants to protect us, otherwise, no one will be able to go."

After he finished speaking, he deliberately glanced at the second wife. As expected, the second wife's face changed, as if she was angry, and she snorted coldly,

"Huh, you're not polite. You can say anything. My Baoyu Enke is coming soon and is studying hard in the courtyard. How can I go outside the city again? It's just to send a message. Whoever I send is not a sender."

Naturally, the second wife would not agree to let Baoyu go out at this time. Not to mention that it was getting dark, this matter was very involved. If anything else happened, it would delay Baoyu's future.

He turned to look at the old lady, but he didn't know that the old lady didn't stop her. She was a little surprised and wanted to say more. Instead, Jia Mu raised her head and looked at the two of them.

"The second brother's family, I have a clear mind about this matter. Although I am not reluctant to leave Baoyu, but Ningguo Mansion is in trouble, how can the second house just stand by and watch. There is no one there, and if Baoyu doesn't go, should Jia Huan go? , I have already written a letter about this matter, so when it is daytime tomorrow, I will ask Baoyu to take it there. When I see Mr. Jing, I will say that this matter is extremely urgent and let Mr. Jing make plans in advance."

"this,"

Looking at the serious look on the old lady's face, the second lady knew that Jia Mu had made up her mind and was extremely puzzled as to how this could happen. They were just some rumors. How could the second lady not know about this? They were just some gossips and gossips. She wanted to persuade her again. , but suddenly thought of the big girl in the palace, Yuanchun didn't know what to do. If this matter delayed Yuanchun, there would be no chance. The palace would not wait for anyone. Thinking of this, how could the second wife sit still? ,

"What the old lady said is that letters from outside the city still need to be delivered. I personally gave instructions on this matter,"

(End of this chapter)