Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 359 Unknown blessings and disasters

The Supreme Emperor glanced at Jia Rui, who immediately lowered his head with guilt.

Although the Supreme Emperor trusted Jia Rui 100%, he still sent people to monitor Jia Rui's every move. Therefore, the Supreme Emperor knew everything about Jia Rui and Wang Xifeng.

The Supreme Emperor shook his head helplessly, pointed at Jia Rui and said, "Sooner or later, you will be in trouble for this."

However, the emperor was not disgusted with Jia Rui like this. Instead, he thought that Jia Rui was honest and did not hide anything from himself, the emperor.

The Supreme Emperor thought for a moment and then said: "Jia Lian has also studied for a few years and is doing well in Hainan. Let's do this. After his exile period is over, he can work as a minor official locally and contribute to the frontier." Power it."

After hearing this, Jia Rui quickly thanked him.

This decree is beneficial to both Rong Guofu and Jia Rui.

You must know that Jia Lian made such a big mistake this time. After the exile is over, he will never be an official for the rest of his life, and he may even be unable to hold his head up for the rest of his life.

But now the Supreme Emperor was generous and allowed him to work as a minor official in the frontier. In this way, Jia Lian could be regarded as having some dignity and would not be completely looked down upon by those snobbish eyes.

As for the other one, with the Emperor's decree, Jia Lian may not have the chance to return to Beijing, because the staff is under the control of Jia Rui. Jia Rui will naturally use the Emperor's decree as an excuse to let Jia Lian serve as an official outside forever. I'm afraid his body can only be returned to the capital after his death.

Jia Rui took the imperial edict rewritten by Qin Shun next to him and smiled so much that the lines on his forehead opened.

The Supreme Emperor shook his head gently. Although he loved Jia Rui, he could not do anything about Jia Rui's rogue behavior.

"Okay, it's getting late. You can have a meal with me and then go back." The Supreme Emperor was finally in a better mood today. For the first time, he actually wanted to eat. This was something that hadn't happened in the past few days.

Jia Rui held the imperial edict in his arms, held his head high and said, "Today we have to refute the Emperor's reputation. My wife is still keeping vigil for the concubine in the palace. We will go back to have dinner together soon."

After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor smiled and said, "Why don't you get out of here?"

"I obey the order, I will get out of here right now." As he spoke, Jia Rui slipped out of the hall.

When he came outside, the playful smile on Jia Rui's face immediately disappeared. He sighed, then pretended to be very concerned and looked inside the hall, and then left with a sullen face.

After Jia Rui left, the Supreme Emperor returned to his previous depressed look.

At this time, Qin Shun walked in from the outside, and then walked carefully to the side of the Supreme Emperor.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Jiahou is gone."

"Yeah!" The Supreme Emperor replied with one word and then stopped talking.

Qin Shun also showed anxiety on his face.

You must know that he has only been favored for a few years. If the emperor is gone, he will be finished. After tasting the delicious taste of power, Qin Shun does not want to lose the power in his hands.

"Your Majesty, I saw Master Jia was very worried about you when he left. He lingered outside the palace for a long time, and finally left with a heavy face."

The Supreme Emperor's eyes lit up after hearing this, and then he nodded slightly. He thought in his mind that no one except Jia Rui was worried about me in this palace now.

As for the emperor, he probably hopes that I will die soon so that he can take over.

Fortunately, with Jia Rui here, he would not be alone.

Thinking of this, the Supreme Emperor felt a little relieved.

Besides, Jia Zhirui left Longshou Palace and followed the red wall to Princess Zhen's bedroom.

Concubine Zhen lives not far from Longshou Palace, on the side of the palace. Although the palace is small, its decoration is the most gorgeous in the entire palace.

However, all the red things have now been covered up by the white cloth, leaving nothing exposed.

When Jia Rui walked into the palace gate, he heard a burst of crying and howling inside. Among them were the palace maids, eunuchs, and the families of the officials who came to watch the mourning.

In addition to these people, even the emperor came to the chief for two hours every day to express his filial piety to the emperor.

The only person in the palace who can live happily now is probably the Empress Dowager.

For the Empress Dowager, Concubine Zhen has been her lifelong rival. Now that this rival has finally passed away, she can breathe a sigh of relief.

Jia Rui came to the entrance of the palace, glanced inside, and saw Xue Baochai kneeling near the front.

Kneeling in front of Xue Baochai were the princesses of the various palaces.

However, Xue Baochai's position is one higher today because one of the princesses was killed by the Supreme Emperor yesterday.

The little eunuch guarding the palace gate saw Jia Rui coming and immediately stepped forward to please him.

"Master Marquis, are you here to pick up my wife?"

"Yes! This is not the end of today's errands. It just so happens that Baochai also received the grace of the Supreme Emperor, so I came to pick her up and go back together."

"Then please wait a moment, Mr. Marquis, while I go ask the madam to come out."

Jia Rui nodded gently. Seeing Jia Rui's agreement, the little eunuch immediately entered the hall along the side, then walked around behind Xue Baochai and whispered a few words in her ear.

Xue Baochai did not dare to look back, but nodded slightly, then crawled forward on his knees and came to the front position. Kneeling there is the current queen.

Xue Baochai confessed to the queen again, and when the queen nodded, she dared to crawl out on her knees again. Only when she got outside the palace could she stand up.

Originally, everyone didn't need to be so reserved. The main reason was that the Emperor had been too grumpy these days, so everyone felt that they should be careful not to make any big mistakes, so they didn't even dare to stand in the palace.

After coming outside and standing up, Xue Baochai let out a sigh of relief. Jia Rui quickly stepped forward to support her and patted the picture on her knee distressedly.

"Are you tired? Does your knee hurt? Why don't you wear a 'comfortable kneeling' strap tomorrow?"

"What?" Xue Baochai had never heard of such a thing and was a little confused.

Jia Rui quickly lowered his head and whispered a few words in Xue Baochai's ear.

The corner of Xue Baochai's mouth twitched a few times and he almost stopped laughing. Fortunately, Xue Baochai had strong self-control and was able to hold it back.

"Nonsense, it's up to the censor to listen, and I won't interfere with you." Xue Baochai covered his mouth with a handkerchief and replied in a low voice.

Jia Rui is a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water. How many times has he been ginsenged by the censor? The head of the Yushitai, Zuodu Yushi Li Wanneng, stared at him every day.

The couple supported each other and left the palace along the red wall with small square steps.

After arriving outside, Jia Rui got on his horse, Xue Baochai got on the sedan, and then returned to Ningrong Street in a mighty manner.

When passing by the gate of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Rui paused for a moment, waited until Xue Baochai's sedan caught up, and then said outside Xue Baochai's sedan:

"Baochai, please go back first. I have something to do and need to go to Rongguo Mansion."

Xue Baochai opened the curtains and said, "Come back early. If I keep you drinking, drink less."

"understood."

Jia Rui replied, then stopped his horse by the roadside, watched Xue Baochai's sedan and his own guards pass by, and then led his servants and soldiers to the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion.

Under normal circumstances, the main entrance to the Rongguo Mansion will not be opened. It can only be opened when the general of the family returns home in triumph or when the emperor's decree arrives.

I saw Jia Rui dragging the imperial edict on his back to his chest in front of the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion, and then raising it high.

The person guarding the front door was also smart. When he saw Jia Rui dragging a yellow cloth and satin over, he knew what was going on. So he opened the front door and sent someone to report inside.

Therefore, when Jia Rui arrived at Rongxi Hall with the imperial edict, Jia She, Jia Mu, Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Wang had been waiting there for a long time.

Jia Rui read out the emperor's imperial edict to Jia She and Jia Mu expressionlessly.

After listening to this, the two people's faces were filled with joy.

Only Wang Xifeng's face was very calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.

"Old lady, you can rest assured this time. Brother Lian is a blessing in disguise and can enter the officialdom again." Jia Rui pretended to congratulate.

Jia's mother didn't know Jia Rui's thoughts. He thought Jia Rui was cherishing and congratulating them, and smiled and thanked Jia Rui.

Jia She on the side was a little lonely, because Jia Lian didn't know when he would come back after he left. Maybe when he died, Jia Lian wouldn't be able to come to throw basins and carry flags.

However, Jia She quickly stopped caring, because he did not only have a son named Jia Lian, but also had several grandchildren, especially his eldest grandson.

Now the Dafang branch of Rongguo Mansion can be considered prosperous. Although the number of people in Jia Lian's generation is still relatively small, there are already three men in Jia Lian's next generation.

After that, Jia Mu told Jia Rui that Qionghua wanted to follow Jia Lian into exile.

In this regard, Jia Rui did not stop him in any way. Instead, he kept praising Qionghua's steadfastness.

Wang Xifeng next to her rolled her eyes in anger when she heard Jia Rui praising Qionghua.

Is this enemy crazy today? Isn't this talking about baldness in front of a bald man?

In fact, Jia Rui regretted a little after saying this. He glanced at Wang Xifeng secretly. Seeing that Wang Xifeng was so angry, he quickly shut up, found a fault and left.

But before leaving, he quietly winked at Wang Xifeng, which meant that he would come over tonight.

A hint of surprise flashed in Wang Xifeng's eyes, but she quickly looked up at the sky, feeling as proud as she could be.

Jia Rui left Rongguo Mansion, returned to his home, and told his old man Jia Dairu about Jia Lian's exile.

If it was an ordinary matter in the court, Jia Rui would never say hello to Jia Dairu, but this time Jia Lian was a member of the Jia clan after all, and Mr. Jia Dairu was still very concerned about it.

So I asked last night.

After hearing the treatment of Jia Lian, Mr. Jia Dairu sighed and said: "What a royal favor. Otherwise, Jia Lian would have been doomed in this life, but it was the Supreme Emperor who showed mercy for the sake of our veteran minister."

Jia Rui curled his lips, how can the Supreme Emperor show mercy? The Supreme Emperor was planning to exile Jia Lian for three years, but he intervened and allowed him to serve as a minor official on the border.

(End of this chapter)