Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 184 Xue Baochai attends the banquet

After this incident, the entire capital city fell into calm. During this period, no one dared to make any more troubles and cause discomfort to the Supreme Emperor.

But there was another thing that was causing a lot of trouble.

That is, Prince Yizhong made an exception and was summoned by the Supreme Emperor several times.

According to the news from the palace, the Supreme Emperor loved Prince Yi Zhong very much. People in Longshou Palace often heard the laughter of their grandfather and grandson inside.

As this matter developed, Prince Yizhong's weight in the court began to increase.

And the old foxes in the imperial court also realized that something was wrong.

The Supreme Emperor is looking up to Prince Yizhong.

Could it be that the Supreme Emperor was still brooding over the last incident and was dissatisfied with the Emperor?
As this speculation spread in the court, many people began to wait and see.

The emperor was also very wary of his nephew who suddenly returned, and sent his only spies to keep an eye on Prince Yizhong.

However, Prince Yi Zhong seemed to be very peaceful and did nothing else except accompany the Supreme Emperor.

Just when the emperor had just felt relieved, a sudden imperial edict from the Supreme Emperor almost drove the emperor into the abyss.

It turned out that the Supreme Emperor suddenly ordered Prince Yizhong to enter the cabinet to study. The emperor was very familiar with this practice. Before the emperor ascended the throne, the Supreme Emperor ordered the emperor to study in the cabinet.

Many big shots in the court are now beginning to doubt the Emperor's intentions. Does the Emperor really want to depose the emperor?
At this time, many civil servants who were already close to the emperor began to be cautious. They were also afraid of making the wrong guarantee.

At this time, the emperor became a little anxious and began to target Prince Yizhong everywhere.

Prince Yizhong seemed to have found a backer, and he was not the emperor at all. The two of them had a great time fighting in the court.

The two of them started fighting, and Jia Rui felt much more relaxed.

After he took over as the governor of the Jingying camp, he immediately began to clean up the Jingying camp. Those who had taken refuge with him and performed meritorious services in the last time were naturally rewarded. Many of Wang Ziteng's former members were demoted to idle positions.

Moreover, in order to ensure his absolute control over the Beijing camp, Jia Rui began to plant life and death talismans for some important generals.

This is also a last resort.

The real loyalty of these generals in the Beijing camp was to the Supreme Emperor, and they only followed orders from Jia Rui.

If that day comes, none of these generals will help Jia Rui.

Therefore, Jia Rui simply did not stop, and directly used the life and death talisman to firmly control these people in his hands.

In this way, even if the Supreme Emperor Huang Bintian and the emperor take power in the future, with this elite force and his own arrangements in Jiubian, the emperor will be unable to do anything to him.

There was even a trace of unreliable thoughts in Jia Rui's mind.

This is the essential difference between modern people and ancient people.

Although Jia Rui has been almost assimilated by the indigenous people, his ideas are still modern.

That is, Jia Rui has no fundamental fear of ancient imperial power and does not believe in the idea that monarchy is governed by gods.

Jia Rui was busy with matters in the court, and the Rongguo Mansion did not stop either.

On this day, Xue Baochai was accompanying his son and talking to Jia Rui's concubine, You Erjie, who was about to give birth. Suddenly his maid Ying'er walked in with a smile.

"Grandma, the mandarin duck is here."

When Xue Baochai heard that it was Yuanyang, Jia Mu's personal maid, he immediately said, "Please come in quickly."

Ying'er went out with a smile, and soon brought Yuanyang into the inner hall.

After Yuanyang came in, he quickly said Wan Fu to Xue Baochai, "I've met Grandma Rui."

"Get up."

After receiving Xue Baochai's words, Yuanyang straightened up, and then glanced at Jia Xuan, who was held by Xue Baochai.

"Young master is getting stronger and stronger."

Hearing Yuanyang praise his son for being strong, Xue Baochai kept smiling.

In ancient times, due to limited sanitary conditions, the infant mortality rate was very high. Therefore, praising someone else's son for being strong was a compliment to the child.

"Haha, he is strong, but he is a little naughty. Coupled with his father's connivance, the people below can't control him."

When Jia Xuan heard her name, she raised her head and looked at Yuanyang. When she saw a beautiful sister, she showed a toothless smile and stretched out her hand to grab Yuanyang.

Yuanyang was fascinated by Jia Xuan's cuteness, and couldn't help but move forward to grab Jia Xuan's little hand and rub it on his face.

But Yuanyang immediately knew that he was rude and quickly took a step back to apologize.

Xue Baochai did not blame him, but asked someone to move an embroidery pier and let Yuanyang sit next to him.

"You are a very busy man, and you always go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. Could it be that the old lady has some orders for you to come here this time?"

Yuanyang smiled and said: "An old relative came to my family. The old lady is going to hold a banquet in the Grand View Garden. She specially ordered me to invite Grandma Rui to come and have fun together."

"What kind of relatives are they?"

Listening to Xue Baochai's question, Yuanyang's face kept smiling.

"Grandma, there's no way to explain it. You'll know it when you see it."

Xue Baochai did not ask any more questions, "In that case, I will come over tomorrow."

After Yuanyang finished conveying the message, he joked with Xue Baochai for a few more words and then left.Second Sister You, who had been silent, stood up gently at this time, said Wan Blessing to Xue Baochai, and then said:

"Grandma, I haven't seen my mother and sister for a long time, so I want to go home and visit?"

Xue Baochai is quite tolerant towards Second Sister You, because she has seen through Second Sister You's character and knows that this person is a quiet person who does not fight or grab, so under normal circumstances she will agree to Second Sister You's request.

"Then let's go over there tomorrow and take a look. I'll bring some things with me. After all, I'll support you."

A smile appeared on Sister You's face, she said Wan Fu again, and then she shyly stepped aside.

The next day, Xue Baochai served Jia Rui to dinner and sent him out of the mansion. Then he took his maid and rode the general to Rongguo Mansion.

After that, they changed the sedan chair in front of the second gate, and the two old ladies carried him through the second gate and went straight to Rongqing Hall.

After getting off the sedan outside Rongqing Hall, Xue Baochai walked inside with the help of the maid. Before entering the main hall, she heard a burst of laughter inside.

At this time, the little maid waiting at the door saw Xue Baochai and quickly said Wan Fu, and then shouted to the inside:

"Grandma Rui is here."

As he spoke, he raised the door curtain.

Xue Baochai lowered his head and crossed the threshold and entered Rongqing Hall.

When I came in, I saw that everyone in Rongguo Mansion was here.

Sitting in the middle is Jia Mu, and naturally on both sides of her are her treasures Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.

On the right hand side below are Yingchun, Xichun and Tanchun. On the left are Li Zhi and an old lady dressed in simple clothes.

Xue Baochai went up to salute Jia Mu. Jia Mu smiled and asked Xue Baochai to sit next to her.

Then he said to the old lady sitting at the bottom: "This is my niece-in-law. Regardless of her young age, in terms of status and status, all the people in the house will give her a cut."

The old lady was a little confused after hearing this, which made people laugh.

Then Jia Mu introduced Xue Baochai: "This is an old relative of our family. You can just call her Grandma Liu."

Seeing that she was older, Xue Baochai stood up and wanted to wish her a blessing, but Grandma Liu had a discerning eye, so she quickly got up first and kowtowed to Xue Baochai while lying on the ground.

Xue Baochai has been the Marquis's wife for a long time and has seen the world. She has become very accustomed to people older than her kowtowing to her.

So she smiled and raised her hand, and Ying'er, who was closely following Xue Baochai, quickly stepped forward to help Grandma Liu up.

After that, both parties took their seats.

"I'm calling you here this time. It's the old lady who's treating me as a treat. Let's all get together and have fun."

After what Jia Mu said, she asked Li Zhi, "Is the Grand View Garden ready?"

It turned out that the host of the banquet this time was Li Zhi, not Wang Xifeng, the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion.

This is no wonder Jia Mu, because Wang Xifeng was really busy during this period.

Not only does she have to take care of the entire Rongguo Mansion, but she also has to worry about the various farms and shops in Rongguo Mansion, because she is afraid that these farm owners and shopkeepers will miss the money of Rongguo Mansion.

In addition to these trivial matters at home, Wang Xifeng also has to serve her little ancestor Jia Ping.

Jia Ping, the little ancestor, was very noisy when she was in Wang Xifeng's belly. After she was born, she was not idle and couldn't live without people for a moment.

Moreover, Jia Ping is very familiar with people and can only be quiet when she is next to Wang Xifeng.

Therefore, Wang Xifeng often had to take Jia Ping with him and watch him.

In this way, there was no time to take care of the banquet here, so Jia Mu had to let Li Zhi take charge.

"Go back to the old lady, everything has been arranged."

Mother Jia smiled with satisfaction, "Everything is ready, let's go."

Then everyone gathered around Jia Mu and left Rongqing Hall. Then they formed small sedan chairs in front of Rongqing Hall and entered the Grand View Garden.

After that, everyone got off the sedan chair.

Jia Mu entered the Grand View Garden and became interested when she saw the beautiful scenery inside. Then she took everyone and Grandma Liu to browse the Grand View Garden one by one.

When she walked to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Jia Mu was a little tired, so she took a rest there.

After a while someone came to report that Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang were here.

Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang quickly entered the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, first saluted Jia Mu, and then sat on both sides of Jia Mu.

Xue Baochai quickly came over and saluted his mother, then asked Yuanyang to place his seat next to his mother and sit down with her.

"I knew the old lady was going to host a banquet, so I shamelessly came to ask for a drink." Aunt Xue said to Jia Mu with a smile.

"I told them just now that those who come late will be punished by drinking. You will be punished by drinking a few drinks later." Jia Mu responded enthusiastically.

After joking for a while, Jia Mu looked at the green window screen of Xinhu in Xiaoxiang Pavilion and said to Mrs. Wang who was sitting aside and said nothing:

"This gauze looks good when it is first applied, but it will no longer be green after a while. There are no peach and apricot trees in this yard, and the bamboo is already green, so it is not worthy to use this green gauze to paste it on. I remember we first had four or five The window screen is of the same color. Let her change the screen tomorrow."

Mrs. Wang raised her eyes and glanced at Jia Mu, nodded gently and said "yes".

At this moment, there was a burst of hearty laughter from outside, and then Wang Xifeng opened the door curtain and came in.

(End of this chapter)