Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 145 Catastrophe
Dragon Head Palace.

The Supreme Emperor had not had dinner yet, and was sitting under the lamp, looking out the dark window, not knowing what he was thinking.

Dai Quan quietly walked to the side of the Supreme Emperor, not daring to disturb him.

After about half a stick of incense, the Supreme Emperor suddenly spoke, "Why are you back?"

"Go back to the Supreme Emperor. Mr. Jia is watching over there. He is worried about the Supreme Emperor's health, so he asked his servant to come back and serve him first."

Upon hearing Jia Rui's name, a glimmer of light flashed in the Emperor's eyes.

"He still cares about me. Others want me to die immediately."

Dai Quan, who was standing below, didn't dare to answer the conversation at all.

After a while, the Supreme Emperor asked again: "Are you sure that thing fell into the hands of the Rongguo Mansion? It wasn't someone else who framed them, right?"

"Back to the Supreme Emperor, I don't know this slave. The trial on the other side of the prison has not been completed yet."

The Supreme Emperor walked from the Kang to the ground, and after walking back and forth a few times, he said: "Don't mention this matter again in the future."

"Your Majesty, are you still going to be tried in the prison?"

"No need for trial."

As soon as the Supreme Emperor finished saying this and glanced out the door, he saw a little eunuch poking his head at the door.

As soon as the Supreme Emperor frowned, Dai Quan immediately glared at the young eunuch fiercely, then bowed to the Supreme Emperor and slowly withdrew.

When they arrived outside the main hall of Longshou Palace, Dai Quan slapped the little eunuch to the ground.

"Little monkey, you don't want your life."

"The ancestors atone for their sins, and the younger one knows he was wrong."

In fact, Dai Quan didn't really want to punish the little eunuch. After all, he was one of his own. But if he didn't teach him a lesson now, he would not be able to protect him if he violated the Emperor's taboo in the future.

"Tell me what's going on."

"Word spread outside the palace that Mr. Jia asked Wang Hao to deal with everyone."

Dai Quan was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and entered the hall.

"Your Majesty, I have been dealt with by Mr. Jia."

Dai Quan thought that even if Jia Rui was favored again, but this time he was dealt with without the charm of the Emperor, the Emperor would be angry anyway.

But I didn't expect that the Supreme Emperor was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his lips, "It's better that Jia Aiqing knows what I'm thinking."

Dai Quan next to him was dumbfounded. What is this and what is it? Why do you know what is on your mind? Jia Rui is trying to kill people and silence them. This matter involves the Jia family, and in the end he will not get any good results.

"Jia Rui has done a good job in this matter. I will reward him with ten Dongzhu and one Ruyi jade."

"Yes."

When Dai Quan walked out of the main hall of Longshou Palace, his mind was still a little confused.

Now some people say that Jia Rui is not the illegitimate son of the Supreme Emperor, and Dai Quan can give him a slap in the face.

Who in the world, except father and son, would think so thoughtfully about the people below?
It's a pity that Dai Quan's thoughts became more and more distorted, and he was completely different from the facts. No matter how hard he used his brain, he would never think of the existence of the soul-destroying talisman.

Besides, Jia Rui breathed a sigh of relief after watching Jin Yiwei's men kill Zhou Rui's family in person.

After that, he stuffed the original confession into his arms.

Wang Hao looked anxiously at the side, but did not dare to object.

"Okay, if there's any rush, have someone rewrite the confession I just changed. Isn't the body still here? Let them take fingerprints right away."

Wang Hao was already a little dumbfounded. Is Jia Rui commanding the Jin Yiwei?

But although he knew that Jia Rui's order was illegal, Wang Hao did not dare to object.

Wang Hao knows better than anyone else that the Supreme Emperor favors Jia Rui, and many memorials are now approved by Jia Rui. If he offends this man and speaks in front of the Supreme Emperor, his head will be moved.

In the end, Wang Hao could only make a grimace and asked the people below to prepare a new confession, which he was going to show the Emperor tomorrow.

"Tell your people to keep their mouths shut. If there are any rumors outside, don't blame me for being rude." Jia Rui said casually.

Wang Hao looked at Jia Rui's weird look and trembled with fright. This was because he was being targeted by these men.

"Don't worry, Mr. Jia, my people can't control anything but their mouths."

Jia Rui nodded, and then left the prison. After exiting the door of the prison, he immediately lost the stability he had just now. He got on the horse and slapped the horse's butt continuously.

This horse, which had followed Jia Rui in the battles in Gansu, once helped him escape difficulties among thousands of armies. Now it seems to know the intersection of its masters and runs straight to Rongguo Mansion.

When he arrived at the Rongguo Mansion Department, he threw his war horse to the servant, then entered from the side and went directly up to Rongqing Hall.

At this time, in Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, and Jia She were all waiting for him!

As soon as Jia Rui came in, Jia Zheng and Jia She stood up immediately.

Jia She asked first, "How was it? Did you get the money back?"

Jia Rui glanced at Jia She and walked directly to Jia Mu without looking at him.

"Old lady, you really are dying."

"What's wrong?" Although Jia Mu was panicking in her heart, she was still calm on the surface.

Jia Rui didn't say much and sent the confession in his arms to Mother Jia.

Jia Mu took the confession and looked at it carefully. The more she looked at it, the darker her face became.Later, he glared at Mrs. Wang fiercely.

Mrs. Wang seemed to know what she had done wrong and quickly lowered her head.

After reading all the confessions, Jia Mu's face no longer had the calmness it had just now.

"Has this confession been sent up?"

Jia Mu knew that if this confession was sent, it would be a disaster for Rongguo Mansion.

This completely offended both the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor!

The reason for offending the Supreme Emperor was because his royal bloodline was persecuted by the Jia family. The reason for offending the emperor was because the Jia family dared to conceal the descendants of the deposed prince.

No matter from which aspect, the Jia family has no way to survive.

Jia Rui said in a deep voice: "I have changed several places in my confession, and the temporary cover-up has passed. Tomorrow you prepare 3 taels of silver and give it to Wang Hao, the commander of the Jinyi Guards."

Mother Jia nodded, and then said to Jia Zheng: "Go and handle this matter yourself. After you go, say more nice things and lower your attitude."

Jia Zheng nodded quickly.

Then Jia Rui said to Jia Mu: "Restrain Brother Zhen during this period and tell him not to run around and just stay at home."

Jia Mu nodded. If Jia Zhen is still restless and asks the Supreme Emperor to remember his name, then the front and back seals will be stamped together.

"Then it doesn't matter where the Emperor is, right?"

"I don't know yet. I'll go to the palace tomorrow to find out."

After explaining this, Jia Rui said goodbye and left.

At this time, Jia Mu sat in a chair and was in a daze for a while, then stared at Mrs. Wang fiercely and said, "Is this how you manage the house? How can someone steal such an important thing."

It turns out that the jade dragon belonging to the deposed prince was a token given to Jia Daishan by the deposed prince when he left the palace.

This was a fatal thing. After the Jia family passed through this crisis, they hid this thing separately.

Therefore, this thing did not appear in the ledger, just because I was afraid of leaving a trace.

As time went by, the matter of the deposed prince gradually faded away, and the Jia family no longer paid much attention to it. Yulong was piled aside when cleaning the warehouse several times.

Since the Zhou Rui family helped Mrs. Wang with the housekeeping, they gradually became familiar with the affairs of the warehouse, and also discovered that the Jade Dragon was not in the ledger and became greedy.

Later, they secretly transported it out, pawned it to a pawnshop, and bought more than 1000 acres of land in the Jia family's name.

This time Mrs. Wang had to clean up the warehouse, and she remembered this matter.

Although this thing is not on the ledger, it is a valuable thing after all. Mrs. Bao Buqi and Mrs. Jia knew that if the thing was found to be short, her life would be lost.

Therefore, their family had to pack their bags and run out of the capital.

But they never expected that they would cause such great trouble that they would use intelligence agencies to hunt them down personally.

In the end, he fell into the hands of Dai Quan. How could these pampered people survive under the torture of Jin Yiwei?So I took it all in.

Who is Dai Quan?What haven’t you seen?

As soon as he discovered the doubt, Dai Quan conducted in-depth interrogation and finally dug up some clues.

In the end, he was allowed to roughly form a framework through his own conjectures.

Fortunately, they don't know about Qin Keqing yet. Is this why Jia Rui changed his confession in a hurry and killed someone to silence him?
Jia Rui is just afraid that if he continues to make trouble and digs out the last bit of his background, he will be implicated by the Jia family if he fails to make trouble.

I spent the whole night in uneasiness.

As soon as it got light, Jia Rui left home in a hurry and came to the palace gate. As soon as the palace door opened, Jia Rui used his authority to go in.

When he arrived at Longshou Palace, the Supreme Emperor hadn't gotten up yet!

He could only guard outside the Emperor's palace, walking back and forth anxiously.

It wasn't until there was a noise inside, with groups of palace maids coming and going in and out of the palace, that Jia Rui dared to get closer.

As a result, I met Dai Quan who had just come out.

"Master Jia, you came early enough!"

Jia Rui coughed awkwardly, and then said: "Isn't it because I can't sleep at home? I heard that the Emperor was unwell yesterday, so I'm a little worried?"

The Supreme Emperor, who was changing clothes inside, also heard Jia Rui's voice.

"It's Jia Rui who's here. Come in when he's here."

When Jia Rui heard this, he walked in immediately. Then he looked up and found that the Supreme Emperor was sitting in front of the bed, with his eyes closed, letting several palace maids dress him!

Jia Rui felt guilty today, so he quickly took the towel from another palace maid and gently wiped the Emperor's face.

You must know that every move of the Supreme Emperor has specific rules, even if he wipes his face, there are steps.

The palace maids and eunuchs nearby were shocked when they saw Jia Rui's actions.

But the Emperor didn't seem to blame Jia Rui, but seemed to enjoy it very much, asking Jia Rui to wipe his face and hands for him.

After the Supreme Emperor finished cleaning up, breakfast was served outside.

Then at the invitation of the Supreme Emperor, Jia Rui also had a meal with the Supreme Emperor.

After all these chores were finished, the Supreme Emperor said to Jia Rui: "You didn't sleep last night, okay?"

(End of this chapter)