Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 330 tit for tat
Jia Baoyu didn't care about the two people's flirtations. He directly asked: "Where is Sister Lin?"

"The girl is changing clothes in the back and will come out soon." Zijuan said.

Jia Baoyu walked in nonchalantly.

But before he reached that room, he was blocked by two old ladies.

"Second Master Bao, this is the girl's boudoir. You can't break in." One of the old ladies stared at Jia Baoyu with a raised eyebrow.

Jia Baoyu was stunned for a moment, as if he realized something.

At this point, he felt a little aggrieved. When he was in Rongguo Mansion, there was no such barrier between him and Sister Lin. He never needed to be informed when he stepped into Sister Lin's room.

Zijuan looked at Jia Baoyu standing there with aggrieved face, but did not go forward to persuade him.

Because after arriving at Dingxihou Mansion during this period, Zijuan was forced to teach etiquette and rules for several days.

Only then did Zijuan slowly realize how shameful and even immoral it was to be forced into her girl's boudoir by a man.

At this time, Lin Daiyu slowly walked to the front living room with the support of two little maids.

As soon as Jia Baoyu saw Lin Daiyu coming out, his eyes were glued to her.

"My sister has been sleeping well these days, but she coughed at night. Did she take her medicine on time?" Jia Baoyu stared at Lin Daiyu like a demented child, talking to herself.

Lin Daiyu saw that there were so many people in the living room, and Jia Baoyu said this, which made her blush.

However, Lin Daiyu then felt a heat rising in her heart.

She stared at Jia Baoyu with a smile on her face: "Everything is fine here. You can go back when you get better."

At this time, Jia Baoyu came to Lin Daiyu's side in a few steps, drove away a little maid, and personally helped Lin Daiyu sit on the chair.

Brother Ying looked at the two of them with a hint of jealousy in his eyes.

Back then, when Jia Rui was not prosperous, she had taken care of Uncle Rui in this way. However, since Uncle Rui became bigger and bigger, there was Xue Baochai around her, which posed a huge threat to her status.

Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu were tired of each other all afternoon. The old lady who was serving Lin Daiyu finally couldn't stand it anymore and forcibly drove Jia Baoyu away.

Although he was kicked out, Jia Baoyu was not angry. Instead, he smiled and felt satisfied.

Today I finally met Sister Lin, and Sister Lin was not angry with me today.

When he thought of this, Jia Baoyu felt deeply happy.

After leaving Lin Daiyu's place, Jia Baoyu originally wanted to leave, but when he thought that Xichun, the youngest sister, lived here, he had to go and take a look since he was here.

So he randomly caught Jiahuan in the garden, and under the leadership of the maid, he came to Xichun's small courtyard.

As soon as I entered the yard, I heard a burst of frolics, and then I saw Jia Xichun playing hide-and-seek with several maids.

Seeing Jia Xichun's lively appearance, Jia Baoyu felt that it was much livelier and cuter than in the Grand View Garden.

Just when Jia Baoyu was stunned, Jia Xichun, who was blindfolded, suddenly grabbed Jia Baoyu's sleeve and said, "I caught you, let's see where you run to?"

Jia Xichun then pulled off the mask from her eyes, but next she saw that she was holding Jia Baoyu.

Jia Xichun's eyes flashed with surprise at first, but he immediately pretended to be nonchalant and complained a little: "Why is it Brother Bao! Why did you barge in at this time and make me lose this round?"

Jia Baoyu was used to coaxing girls. After hearing Jia Xichun's complaints, he immediately apologized non-stop.

Jia Xichun just complained to attract attention. Now that he saw Jia Baoyu lying down and being small, he immediately forgave him, and then took Jia Baoyu's hand into the room.

After entering the house, Jia Xichun immediately showed off to Jia Baoyu the furnishings in her house and the gifts Jia Rui gave to Jia Xichun.

This is exactly what a child does when he gets something new and shows it off to his friends.

In fact, this is no wonder Xichun. Although she has no worries about food and clothing in Rongguo Mansion, her monthly money does not have much purchasing power at all, so the things in her room are all old things that others do not want.

After coming to Jia Rui, Jia Rui took pity on her because she left her parents at a young age and lived alone in Rongguo Mansion, so he loved her very much as if she was his own sister.

Therefore, the servants of Dingxihou Mansion all knew that this aunt was Jia Rui's sweetheart.

Jia Xichun had never felt this kind of respect in Rongguo Mansion, so Jia Xichun already felt that Dingxihou Mansion was his home.

After Jia Baoyu saw Jia Xichun, he reluctantly left Dingxihou Mansion. It wasn't that he didn't want to stay, it was mainly because Mr. Sun had assigned him homework. If he couldn't finish it today, he would inevitably have to go to school tomorrow. Being slapped on the palm.

Because of this, after Jia Baoyu left Dingxihou Mansion, he hurried back to his Yihongyuan and began to do his homework in a hurry. Jia Rui was comfortable at home for a day, and came to the cabinet in high spirits the next day.

Jia Rui started another happy but troubled day with his rival Chen Guozi.

"Master Jia, here is a report about official appointment. How come it was rejected indiscriminately by the officials? If someone hadn't handed the post to me, I wouldn't have known that such a thing had happened in our court." Chen Guozi said to Jia Rui with a smile.

Several people in the cabinet looked at Jia Rui.

Because everyone knows that the Ministry of Personnel is Jia Rui's territory, and now Chen Guozi is taking issue with the Ministry of Personnel to attack Jia Rui.

During this time, Jia Rui and the old guy Chen Guozi have been fighting fiercely.

The two were almost incompatible. If Jia Rui hadn't been the chief minister of the cabinet, a position that was inherently superior to Chen Guozi's, Jia Rui would have been defeated by Chen Guozi now.

Because of this, Jia Rui pays great attention to every word and deed of this old guy.

Therefore, this time, Jia Rui did not immediately respond to the opponent's attack as before, but said cautiously:
"What is it? Why haven't I heard about it?"

Chen Guozi handed the folder in his hand to Jia Rui, "Mr. Jia, please take a look. It's really outrageous."

Jia Rui took the folder and began to read it carefully.

After reading it, Jia Rui gently placed the folded book on his desk, and then stared at Chen Guozi closely.

"Master Chen, I really know this. The book says that Sun Shaozu has a bad character and dared to beat up the attackers of Rongguo Mansion in the street. He is so audacious. How can our court appoint such a person?"

Chen Guozi still wore his signature smile, "Master Jia, this matter is related to your Jia family, I think you should avoid it for the time being."

Jia Rui chuckled, then stood up and walked to Chen Guozi, "Mr. Chen, are you going to relieve me of the errand of the chief minister of the cabinet?"

"How dare I do this? I am doing this for Mr. Jia's sake. If this matter gets out, it will harm Mr. Jia's official reputation."

Jia Rui was angered by this guy. He pointed at Chen Guozi and shouted loudly: "Old man Chen, you don't get a good deal, do you think your butt is clean? Believe it or not, you didn't do it after this matter started. Eat the good fruit.”

The reason why Jia Rui was so unscrupulous was because he had already reported this matter to the Supreme Emperor.

Of course, this was in the form of a family affair, and Jia Zheng complained to the Emperor.

Now it seems that the arrangements made before have worked. If the Supreme Emperor doesn't know about this, he will really be punished if he makes trouble.

The reason why Jia Rui arranged this was because the last time Sun Shaozu was taken away by the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, Jia Rui hinted that Shuntian Mansion would give this guy a hard time.

Jia Yucun of Shuntian Prefecture is now Jia Rui's number one lackey, and he carries out Jia Rui's orders [-]%.

Therefore, Sun Shaozu suffered a lot. As soon as he entered, he had a killing stick of thirty.

Next, Jia Yucun was beaten with a hundred sticks by Jia Yucun on the pretext of attacking an imperial official in the street, and finally was given a stick, and then was thrown into the Shuntian Mansion Prison.

Originally, Jia Rui thought that the matter was over and Sun Shaozu would spend the rest of his life in prison.

But I didn't expect that Sun Shaozu still had some ability. He actually bribed the jailer and sent a letter to his family. The family members also took care of themselves, and somehow they found their way to Chen Guozi.

Although Chen Guozi could not give direct orders to Shuntian Mansion, he still asked the censor to add a copy of Jia Yucun to the court.

Although Jia Yucun had good reasons, his butt was indeed dirty. In order to settle the matter, he finally released Sun Shaozu with Jia Rui's permission.

Originally, Jia Rui thought that this matter was over, and that Sun Shaozu would go back to his hometown as soon as possible after he came out, but he didn't expect that this guy still wanted to be an official?

And the Ministry of Personnel was Jia Rui's territory, so naturally no one would accept Sun Shaozu's money, so Sun Shaozu could only bribe Chen Guozi again.

Jia Rui is still confused. How much money did Sun Shaozu give to Chen Guozi? To make this old guy work so hard.

Chen Guozi saw that Jia Rui was a little angry, smiled, and then said: "I have nothing to do with my sleeves, how can I have any clues? If Mr. Jia has any clues about me, please show it. When the time comes, Mr. Jia will not be needed to play, I will I’m too embarrassed to be an official like this.”

Jia Rui glared at the other party fiercely, and then said with a smile: "Don't think that what you do is secretive. No matter how secretive you are, can you hide it from the Intelligence Department?"

Chen Guozi's expression finally changed, but soon, his signature smile returned.

"Master Jia, let's each take a step back. You ask the staff to write a note to Sun Shaozu and arrange an official at random? This matter is over."

Jia Rui laughed angrily at the other party, "Don't you know the bastard things that Sun Shaozu did? Now you are asking me to take a step back. Are you out of your mind?"

(End of this chapter)