Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 527 Invisible Killing

Jia Rui nodded with satisfaction.

Xue Baochai was really his wife, and he was right to marry Xue Baochai.

Jia Rui, relieved of his worries, had a hearty drink that night, and then rested at Xue Baochai's place. He had breakfast the next day, changed into court clothes, and then left Wu Guofu in an eight-carriage sedan.

However, when passing by Rongguo Mansion, he found that Jia Zheng's sedan was also parked there, seemingly waiting for him.

In the past, Jia Ruili would have gone over to say hello, but today Jia Ruili ignored Jia Zheng, urged his servants, and jumped over Jia Zheng's sedan chair.

Jia Zheng, who was in the sedan, saw Jia Rui crossing directly over, and his heart skipped a beat.

In the past, Jia Rui was pretty good to him. When he saw him, he would always come over to greet him politely as his nephew.

But looking at the situation today, Jia Rui doesn't want to take care of his own family anymore, which is not a good thing.

You must know that the reason why the current Rongguo Mansion is what it is today is all thanks to Jia Rui. If the relationship with Jia Rui really breaks down, what will he be in the court?
After thinking of this, Jia Zheng immediately ordered the sedan chair to follow Jia Rui.

The two groups of people quickly arrived at the palace gate. When they arrived, Jia Zheng got off the sedan chair, because with his status, he could not let the sedan chair enter the palace.

However, Jia Rui's sedan chair passed unimpeded and quickly entered the palace gate, leaving Jia Zheng alone outside.

Jia Zheng watched Jia Rui's sedan go away, feeling cold in his heart.

This time, although my family repaid King Gongshun's favor and received hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it offended Jia Rui, the Jia family's backstage supporter. It was really not worth the loss.

Not to mention that Jia Zheng returned to the yamen of the Ministry of Commerce in a depressed mood, and let’s talk about the respectful princess and the second prince in Wu Guofu.

They didn't sleep all night last night because they were afraid that they would suddenly break in in the middle of the night and a group of officers and soldiers would cut their mother and son into pieces.

Fortunately, nothing happened overnight. In the morning, the people below brought them a hearty breakfast.

When they first saw these breakfasts, the mother and son were startled, thinking they were their decapitated meals and hugged each other, and even cried.

Fortunately, Mr. Jia Dairu came over soon.

The reason why Jia Dairu came here early was because he was afraid that Jia Rui would go against his will.

But when he arrived and saw a table full of delicacies, he was relieved.

Although his grandson was angry with him, he still didn't dare to disobey his words. You see, so many delicious foods were served early.

Jia Dairu sat in front of the table, smiled at Princess Gongshun and the second prince and said, "Don't worry, since you live in my house, there will be no danger."

After saying this, Jia Dairu picked up the chopsticks and tasted each of the four or five dishes, and found that they were really good.

Princess Gongshun opposite saw Jia Dairu taste the food first and was completely relieved.

She and her son immediately knelt down in front of Jia Dairu and kowtowed, "Old Master, you saved the lives of our mother and son. We have nothing to repay. In the next life, we will become dogs and horses to repay you."

Jia Dairu smiled and moved forward to help Princess Gongshun, but he soon realized something. He took a step back, then gave a weak support and said:
"You, mother and son, don't have to worry about it like this. This can be considered the last thing that Wu Guofu does for the Supreme Emperor." After saying this, Jia Dairu's face became serious, and then said: "But there is something else I want to tell you, mother and son. , that means you can’t step out of this courtyard from now on, otherwise I won’t be able to protect you.”

Princess Gongshun turned pale after hearing Jia Dairu's words. This was tantamount to Jia Dairu telling them that they would be imprisoned here forever.

But think about it, if his mother and son could save their lives, Jia Dairu was already magnanimous, so how could he ask for anything else? So he quickly nodded with his son.

Jia Dairu was quite satisfied with the attitude of their mother and son, and then I comforted them a few more words, stood up and wanted to leave.

Just when Jia Dairu was about to step out, the second prince, who had been silent until now, suddenly asked: "Old Master, are my marriage to Rong Guofu still over?"

Jia Dairu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then his eyes became a little unhappy.

This is the time for your family.

We, the Jia family, are magnanimous and it would be nice to spare your lives. However, at this time, Xiao is thinking about our daughter, what do you want to do? Do you want to cause trouble and nausea for us?
Jia Dairu turned around and looked at Princess Gongshun, only to see Princess Gongshun with her head lowered and not saying a word.

It turned out that the mother and son were frightened and did not do anything, but were discussing the way out for the future.

If the second prince marries a girl from the Rongguo Mansion, the child born will be at least half of the Jia family. At that time, he will at least have a queen of his own lineage.

If in another few decades or hundreds of years, my lineage would have the chance to avenge this crime again.

But Jia Dairu thought that the second prince had to travel to Shu to save his life. He also thought about the girl who went to Rongguo Mansion.

However, Jia Dairu did not refuse immediately. Yesterday, Rongguo Mansion caused this trouble for him, which caused some rifts between himself and his grandson. Although Jia Dairu did not say it openly, he was a little unhappy in his heart.

Since you, Rongguo Mansion, are giving me trouble, I can't let you have any leisure.

So Jia Dairu nodded slightly, and then said: "Your family has already made an engagement with Rong Guofu. Since ancient times, a good horse is not worthy of two saddles, and a brave woman does not marry two husbands, let alone a family like ours?"

After saying this meaningless sentence, Jia Dairu left.

But the respectful queen mother and son who were kneeling below were relieved, because Jia Dairu's words also made it very clear that the marriage was still a matter of course.

Besides, after Jia Dairu returned to the outer study, he immediately ordered his servants to go to Rongguo Mansion to inform them that the marriage between his family and Prince Gongshun was still pending, and he asked them to prepare to marry the girl to the second prince of Prince Gongshun.

Besides, things went smoothly on the Rongguo Mansion side. This morning, Jia Mu sent Yuanyang to the bank account and divided the one million taels of silver into two groups.

One wave of 500,000 cars was saved as Jia Mu's private money, and the other wave of 500,000 taels was saved as public money for the Rongguo Mansion.

Not to mention this, Jia Mu is planning to send people to Wu Guofu in a few days to find Princess Gongshun and her son, and ask them to send the remaining money to her, so that the matter between the two families will be completely settled.

Just when Jia Mu was holding two banknotes and grinning from ear to ear with joy, a maid from outside came in and said a few words in Yuanyang's ear.

Yuanyang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly came to Jia Mu's ear and said softly: "Old lady, the old man of Wu Guofu has sent someone to deliver a message."

(End of this chapter)