Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 234
Afterwards, Xue Baochai took Xue Baoqin back to her residence and looked around at Xue Baoqin's daily life.

Xue Baoqin now lives in Hengwuyuan in the Grand View Garden.

This place should be the place where Xue Baochai lived in the Dream of Red Mansions book, but now because Xue Baochai has married Jia Rui, it is temporarily vacant.

This time Xue Baoqin came. Since she was Xue Baochai's sister, the Jia family did not dare to neglect her, so they quickly cleared out this separate villa and let Xue Baoqin live in it.

And the decoration inside is also very exquisite, not as cold as when Xue Baochai lived in the book.

Seeing that Xue Baoqin was very comfortable in his daily life, sitting and sleeping, Xue Baochai felt relieved, and then left Xiangling behind, and she left with Ying'er.

Besides, Jia Rui, after discussing with several bachelors today about the promotion of senior officials in various provinces, he breathed a sigh of relief.

You must know that every position among these local officials is very important, and every position must be repeatedly competed by various forces.

And their performance is that any governor's position in the cabinet can be debated for half an hour, or even more than an hour.

In this way, we may not be able to achieve a result in the end.

By this time, Jia Rui, the chief minister of the cabinet, no longer had much effect. He could only be regarded as one of the bachelors of the cabinet, arguing with others at the top of his lungs.

The argument lasted until noon. Everyone didn't even drink any water, and smoke was already starting to come out of their throats.

Jia Rui and several college students looked at each other, then they all rubbed their throats, and finally Jia Rui suggested,

"Everyone, if we continue like this, we won't be able to save our voices. How about we take a day off today and discuss it tomorrow?"

After listening to Jia Rui's words, several other bachelors felt that it was very reasonable. After all, even Jia Rui couldn't bear it when he was young, let alone old men like them.

"What Mr. Jia said is that we will stop today, rest for a day, and fight again tomorrow." He Chaodong said in a hoarse voice.

The other two college students were naturally eager to take a rest, as their old bones would not be able to hold on if this continued.

"Okay, okay, rest today, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After that, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After drinking some tea, they left the cabinet and had a rest today.

This means that it is the end of the year, and there are no major events except for official promotions. Otherwise, how can they have time to rest?

After Jia Rui left the cabinet, he did not go home, but went straight to the Dragon Head Palace in a circle.

In the past few days of arguments, Jia Rui discovered a problem, that is, he seemed to be unable to compete with these old guys.

These old guys have a lot of experience in governing, and they are all eloquent. Although Jia Rui has studied for a few years, he is still far behind others who have read poetry and books!

Because of this, Jia Rui has been at a disadvantage these days. Although he is the chief minister of the cabinet, he cannot be arbitrary in some matters.

Since he couldn't compete with these people, Jia Rui decided to find his own backup.

Arriving at the gate of Longshou Palace, the eunuch guarding the gate saw Jia Rui and hurriedly came over to salute.

Jia Rui smiled and threw a silver peanut, then walked in as if there was no one around.

When he arrived at the door of the side hall, naturally a young eunuch went in to report. After a while, a message came from inside, asking Jia Rui to enter.

Jia Rui went in and saw that the Emperor was crossing his legs, listening to a pretty little maid singing below.

Jia Rui stared at the little girl fiercely and felt that this little girl was worthy of the Emperor's fancy. Her beauty was as good as those of the Twelve Jinling Hairpins at home.

Jia Rui was staring at the little girl when the Emperor said, "Why do you like her so much? If you like her, take her back later."

Jia Rui was startled, quickly looked away, and kowtowed to the Supreme Emperor.

"Get up." The Supreme Emperor replied lazily.

Only then did Jia Rui dare to stand up, and then replied: "Weichen just watched the little girl sing well, and had no other intention."

The Supreme Emperor shook his head and tapped Jia Rui with his hand: "What you say doesn't mean what you mean."

Jia Rui was a little embarrassed and touched his nose, not knowing how to answer the Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor turned to Zhao Jin who was standing beside him and said, "When your Lord Jia leaves later, let your Lord Jia take this palace maid away with you."

The palace maid who was singing in the opera lit up with joy after hearing what the Supreme Emperor said.

Usually people think that the palace is magnificent, the concubines are well-dressed, pampered, live a luxurious life, and enjoy endless glory and wealth. In fact, life in the harem is far from beautiful as imagined.

Jia Yuanchun said it well: "I wanted to send me to that shameful place." "Shameless" means that the harem is a relatively closed environment, almost isolated from the world.

Life in the harem is closed, restricted, and repressive. If you are not careful, you may violate the rules, disobey the king, and even cause catastrophe. You may be severely punished at any time, and even your life may be at risk.

How could those young and beautiful women endure such a life of depression and despair?

Therefore, when the Supreme Emperor gave this palace maid to Jia Rui, the palace maid was extremely fond of her.

Although Jia Rui wanted to refuse, but seeing the stern look in the Emperor's eyes, he had no choice but to shut up.

Jia Rui was confused. What happened to the Emperor today?I must marry this palace maid to myself.

"What's the matter with you today?"

As soon as Jia Rui heard this, he immediately remembered the purpose of his visit. He quickly walked up to the Supreme Emperor, personally brought a cup of tea to the Supreme Emperor's hands, and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, isn't it almost Nian Gen?" Really? Some big officials from other provinces have also begun to move places, and now the cabinet is already in a quarrel."

The Supreme Emperor took a sip from the tea cup, then put it aside and said with a smile: "What? You can't compete with those old guys, can you?"

After Jia Rui heard this, he felt that he had finally found a place to vent his complaints.

"Your Majesty, you don't know how eloquent the old men in the cabinet are, and their quarrels are no worse than those of young people. I can't even suppress their loud voices."

The Supreme Emperor smiled as he listened to Jia Rui's complaints.

"Don't call it a brat like you. Even I couldn't quarrel with them back then."

When he said this, the Emperor's eyes became a little blurry. He remembered how energetic he was when he was young, and he could argue with these bachelors for more than an hour over the promotion of an official.

But now those great bachelors are still so energetic, but I feel old.

"You can't get anywhere by arguing with them. Let's do this. Give me a copy of the names of the people who want to be promoted. When you send the papers up in a few days, I will leave two or three places for you."

Jia Rui was ecstatic after hearing this.

You know, there are only about a dozen high-ranking officials from other provinces who have been promoted this time. I can keep three or four of them in the cabinet by arguing with the bachelors. In addition, plus the position reserved for me by the Supreme Emperor, I can get half of it. Candidate.

In this way, this time I can be considered a complete victory.

So Jia Rui knelt down happily and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty Huang Long, for your kindness."

"You kid, don't be too happy too early. I'll keep people for you, but you can't send those random people here to fool me."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. No matter how confused I am, I can't recommend someone who is not suitable to you."

The Supreme Emperor nodded slightly, and then asked: "Is there nothing going on on the Emperor's side these two days?"

Jia Rui blinked and then said: "The emperor has been lazy in government affairs during this period. He casually approved two words on the paper we sent to him, and it was over within an hour. After hearing that, he went to the harem."

The Supreme Emperor smiled slightly.

It seems that the emperor has a longer memory this time, and he is preparing to play the trick of hiding his strength and biding his time with himself.

But that's okay. As long as he doesn't cause trouble to himself while he's alive, everything else is up to him. What will he do after he dies?I can't control myself.

"The emperor was tired some time ago and is now too lazy to do government affairs. Those of you who are bachelors should share more of the burden."

"Yes, Wei Chen will go back and tell the other great scholars about the Emperor's wishes. He will definitely do his best to share more things with the Emperor."

"Well, that's it for today. I'm tired too. You can go back and enjoy your new beauty."

After Jia Rui heard this, he remembered the palace maid who had been singing.

He involuntarily turned his head to look at the bright girl, and at this time the girl's bright eyes also looked at Jia Rui.

When the two people looked at each other, Jia Rui quickly turned his head to the side.

"Hahaha, Jia Aiqing didn't mean what she said!" The Supreme Emperor teased Jia Rui.

Even Zhao Jin, who was standing on one side, cast an ambiguous look at Jia Rui.

Jia Rui couldn't express his pain, and now everyone looks at him like a pervert.

Now Jia Rui just wants to escape from this embarrassing place.

So he hurriedly said goodbye to the Supreme Emperor.

"Okay, I won't delay Jia Aiqing's good deeds."

Jia Rui felt shameless and hurriedly turned around and left the side hall of Longshou Palace.

When he came outside, he took a deep breath and wanted to go out. But before he reached the palace gate, he heard Zhao Jin calling him there.

"Master Jia, walk slowly. Did you forget to bring anything?"

Jia Rui turned around and saw that Zhao Jin was leading the girl this way!

Jia Rui rubbed his head in annoyance, wondering if this was the end of the world?

"Brother Zhao, stop teasing."

Zhao Jin smiled and said: "This is not a joke, this is the emperor's will."

After saying that, he pushed the girl behind him toward Jia Rui.

Jia Rui glanced at the girl again, and this time he dared to look at her carefully.

I saw her: her waist was as light and graceful as clear willow catkins, and her face was full of beauty.It is as quiet as a delicate flower shining on the soft water, and as moving as a light cloud falling into the world.

A fresh and bright girl's breath rushed towards Jia Rui.

(End of this chapter)