Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 286
Xia Shouzhong felt relieved when he saw that Jia Rui finally stopped focusing on this matter.

"Yes, yes, the little one understands."

Jia Rui nodded, then took off the sleeve in Xia Shouzhong's hand and walked towards the cabinet.

Xia Shouzhong looked at Jia Rui's retreating figure and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been frightened just now.

Xia Shouzhong felt that sometimes Jia Rui was more terrifying than the emperor. If he offended the emperor, the emperor would kick him at most. If he offended Jia Rui, his life would be lost.

After Xia Shouzhong breathed a sigh of relief, he quickly returned to Yangxin Hall to report to the emperor.

Entering the Yangxin Hall, he saw the emperor correcting the memorial meticulously. Although he knew that even if he corrected it, it would not have any effect, he was still meticulous.

Xia Shouzhong walked quietly to the emperor's side, not daring to disturb him.

It wasn't until the emperor finished approving several memorials in his hand that he raised his head and glanced at Xia Shouzhong.

"Did Jia Rui agree?"

Xia Shouzhong said with a bitter face: "Jia Rui was stubborn and the servant begged in every possible way and offered the orb, but the other party refused to spit and instead lost his temper with the servant. The servant had no choice but to comfort him." After that, come back and report to the emperor."

After the emperor heard this, he clenched the pen in his hand tightly, but soon, he seemed to have figured it out.

"If you don't agree, forget it. It's not a big deal. Go tell Baolinghou Shi Ding and ask him to be honest and honest after he goes to Guangxi and work hard for the people. Don't let me live up to my hope for him."

Xia Shouzhong quickly agreed.

The emperor sat there and stopped criticizing, staring blankly ahead.

After a long time, he seemed to have regained his energy, and said to Xia Shouzhong with a smile: "Don't turn over the cards at night during this period, just arrange it for Concubine Jia!"

Xia Shouzhong narrowed his eyes, and then said with a smile: "Concubine Jia is so beautiful, the emperor should love her more."

When the emperor saw that Xia Shouzhong understood what he meant, he also smiled and said, "Concubine Jia is deeply in my heart. From now on, her expenses in the palace will be the same as those of the empress."

"On behalf of Concubine Jia, I would like to express my gratitude to the Emperor. Even if the Jia family dies ten thousand times, it will not be enough to repay even one of the Emperor's kindness."

The emperor smiled, said nothing more, and continued to correct his memorial.

Xia Shouzhong stood next to the emperor for a long time. When he saw that the emperor had no more instructions, he winked to a young eunuch beside him and asked him to serve him attentively.

Xia Shouzhong slipped out of Yangxin Palace and went straight to Fengzao Palace behind.

After arriving at Fengzao Palace, I saw a dozen female guards standing here. Each of these female guards raised knives instead of swords and watched the people coming and going with vigilance.

Seeing this scene, Xia Shouzhong also felt uncomfortable.

Nowadays, apart from the Dragon Head Palace of the Supreme Emperor, the only palace that can have guards is Fengzao Palace.

This is not because the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun is so powerful, but mainly because his younger brother Jia Rui serves as the minister of internal bodyguards and is specially transferred to protect his cousin.

Because of this, Jia Yuanchun was the most popular in the entire palace, and she could only salute in front of the queen. When other concubines saw Jia Yuanchun, they all called her "sister".

Because of this, the current Jia Yuanchun is not as sad as in the world of Dream of Red Mansions, but instead is high-spirited.

As soon as Xia Shouzhong approached the gate of Fengzao Palace, he was stopped by the female guard.

"Ladies, I am here to visit Concubine Jia on the orders of the Emperor."

After listening to his words, the guards below relaxed their vigilance, and then went out alone to report inside.

After a while, word came from inside that Xia Shouzhong was asked to meet him.

At this time, Xia Shouzhong came to the main hall of Fengzao Palace under the guidance of a palace maid and a eunuch.

When I went in, I saw Jia Yuanchun sitting in the middle, with four or five maids waiting on him.

Xia Shouzhong stepped forward and quickly knelt down to salute. Jia Yuanchun above him signaled, and a eunuch stepped forward to help Xia Shouzhong up.

"Eunuch Xia, what are you doing here?"

"Reporting to your Majesty that your Majesty is a thousand years old, your Majesty asked your servant to deliver the message."

After hearing this, Jia Yuanchun stood up from his seat, walked down the imperial steps, came to Xia Shouzhong and prostrated himself in front of him.

"The Emperor has a decree: in the next few days, the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun will attend you."

After hearing this, Jia Yuanchun just had a smile on her face. She didn't feel much surprise, because this kind of thing was normal for her.

"The concubine thanked the emperor Long En."

After finishing speaking, there was a palace maid holding Qin next to her to help Jia Yuanchun get up.

But he was stopped by Xia Shouzhong, "The Emperor still has his will."

Jia Yuanchun could only kneel down again. "The Emperor has a decree: from now on, all expenses of the virtuous concubine will be the same as those of the empress."

This time, Jia Yuanchun was shocked. You must know that the queen is the mother of the world.

Now that Jia Yuanchun can be ranked with the queen, does that mean that the queen's position is in jeopardy, and she, Jia Yuanchun, may rise to the top in one step.

Jia Yuanchun didn't recover for a long time, and he didn't believe it.

Finally, it was Xia Shouzhong who stepped forward to support Jia Yuanchun and said with a smile: "Mother, this is just the emperor's oral instruction. The emperor's imperial edict and golden book will be delivered soon."

Jia Yuanchun narrowed his eyes and finally recovered from the shock.

Then, Jia Yuanchun winked at Baoqin next to him.

Baoqin very cleverly took a small box from the back and handed it back to Xia Shouzhong's hand.

"Thank you, father-in-law. I can take this little thing back and have a cup of tea."

Xia Shouzhong took the small box very naturally and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, this is what a slave should do."

Then he complimented Jia Yuanchun a few more words, and then resigned on the grounds that the emperor was busy and needed his attention.

After Xia Shouzhong left, Baoqin happily said to Jia Yuanchun:
"Empress, are you going to be the queen?"

At this time, Jia Yuanchun's face no longer had the surprise. She just said calmly: "It's impossible for the time being, but it might be possible in the future."

After saying this, Jia Yuanchun touched his belly with some annoyance.

Why is her belly so unsatisfactory? If she is pregnant with a dragon seed early and is still a boy, the position of the queen will fall on her head.

It seems that he will continue to work hard and strive to give birth to a dragon species. By then, the relationship between the Jia family and the emperor will be even closer.

In addition to this, she also has some unrealistic thoughts. She may also become the empress dowager one day in the future.

Besides, Jia Rui returned to the cabinet and sat on his seat angrily.

But as soon as he sat down, he felt a round thing next to him, and then Jia Rui immediately realized something, and jumped up again like a spring that had been awakened.

After that, he left his seat far away and began to think about what to do with this thing.

If you don't know, you will definitely think that you may not be able to buy that night pearl for a million taels of silver.

But for Jia Rui, this is a hot potato. Putting it next to him is simply irresponsible for his own life.

Just when Jia Rui was thinking wildly, Li Chengyang came over.

"Master Jia, I have a favor to ask of you."

Jia Rui glanced at him impatiently, "If you have anything to say, please tell me."

"Mr. Jia, the thing is like this. The owner of the Ruifosheng bank account and I have been friends for many years. He had some small grudges with your house and was afraid, so he begged Xiaguan and wanted him to be a peacemaker. , he is willing to give money to turn conflicts into friendship."

Jia Rui glanced at Li Chengyang and understood in his heart that the guy who happened to rob Ruifusheng's ticket account must have been involved.

However, Li Chengyang's big tree was still flourishing, so there was no need for him to fall out with him immediately, so he put on a smile and said:
"This Ruifusheng ticket number is the ancestral property of our Jia family. The two old princes worked hard on the battlefield to earn it. Now it is suddenly given to someone else. The whole family is not happy. They are making trouble at my place every day, 豼What can I do?"

After hearing this, Li Chengyang knew that Jia Rui didn't want to let go, but he didn't say anything to save his face.

Li Chengyang frowned. Li Chengyang, the hen that laid golden eggs, didn’t want to give up, so he said with a smile: "Fan En, the owner of the Ruifusheng bank, also knew that this matter was a bit difficult for Mr. Jia, so he decided to pay 60 to [-] yuan." Two pieces of silver to compensate the Lord."

After hearing this, Jia Rui didn't take it to heart at all. With this little money, he just wanted to write off the past. What are you thinking?

But when Jia Rui thought about it, the other party could compensate him for the money, couldn't he spend something to get the Ruifosheng ticket number back?
And that orb itself is a hot potato.Isn’t this exactly what it is?
Just use the waste and exchange it for the Ruifusheng ticket number. In this way, the other party will be satisfied and you will get what you want.

"With Master Li's reputation, I can't force anything more, but I really have to get the Ruifusheng ticket number back. So, let me exchange it for other things. What do you think?"

Li Chengyang's face was a bit ugly. He had already promised six to seven million taels of silver, but the other party still didn't let go. However, at least the other party took a step back and was willing to pay for compensation.

So Li Chengyang pinched his nose and asked, "How much money will your Excellency pay?"

Jia Rui pretended to cough, and then pretended to be very helpless and said: "My family is poor, how can I get so much money."

After hearing this, Li Chengyang glanced at Jia Rui with disdain and said to himself: Is your family still poor?I think your family's wealth is one of the best in the world.

Jia Rui saw the other person's eyes and knew that his greed for fame was known to the world, so he stopped arguing and said directly: "Although I don't have money, I do have other things!"

With that said, Jia Rui returned to his seat and picked up the orb that had been thrown aside.

Although he was very disgusted in his heart, on the surface he looked very protective and held Li Chengyang in front of him with both hands.

"Master Li, this is the luminous pearl that the emperor just gave me. What do you think about exchanging this treasure for Ruifusheng's ticket number?"

(End of this chapter)