Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 538 Mansion
After listening to Jia Zheng's words, Yuanyang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Jia Mu, feeling a little reluctant.

Yuanyang is actually grateful to Jia Mu. She is where she is today thanks to Jia Mu's help.

To be honest, Yuanyang's living conditions in Jia Mansion are much better than those of Jia Yingchun and others.

This is all due to Jia Mu.

But now Jia Zheng has spoken, and Jia Mu did not refuse. She knew that the matter was irreversible, so she stood up from behind Jia Mu, knelt down in front of Jia Mu, and kowtowed to Jia Mu respectfully.

Mother Jia's face was full of reluctance now, and her eye circles were a little red.

Yuanyang has been waiting by her side since she was a little maid. She has served her very attentively for so many years, and Jia Mu is reluctant to leave her now.

But in the end, Jia Mu still endured her heartache and helped Yuanyang up with a smile on her face. Then she took off an emerald green bracelet from her wrist and put it directly on Yuanyang's wrist.

"I have nothing to give you. Just keep this bracelet as a souvenir."

Yuanyang nodded repeatedly with tears in his eyes.

After that, Jia Mu took Yuanyang's hand and came to Mrs. Wang, "Old princess, old sister, I will hand over Yuanyang to you now. For my sake, if she does anything wrong, please bear with me." Be careful."

Mrs. Wang also stood up, took Yuanyang's hand, patted it, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, Yuanyang is with me just like he is with you."

At this point, Jia Mu was reluctant to let go of the mandarin duck.

Then Yuanyang took a step back, respectfully kowtowed to Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang three times, then stood up again, came to Xue Baochai, and knelt down to kowtow as well.

Xue Baochai glanced at Yuanyang, a hint of caution flashed in his eyes. This Yuanyang was a well-known housekeeper. He wouldn't fight for power with him when he came to the house, right? But on the surface, he still helped Yuanyang float up with a smile.

"We are all sisters, so there is no need for such a big gift."

After that, he pulled Yuanyang to his side and said to her with a smile: "I have arranged a courtyard for you a long time ago, but you haven't come yet, so it is empty. This time you are back and you can live in it."

Yuanyang lowered his head shyly.

Jia Dairu looked at Jia Mu, then at Jia She below, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Don't worry about Jia Lian's affairs. He should be able to return to Beijing soon."

Jia Dairu was actually reciprocating the favor. Since Jia Mu sent the mandarin duck back, he should give Rongguo Mansion some face.

Jia She was naturally happy after hearing this.

Then everyone chatted about some happy things and then dispersed.

Yuanyang was placed in a courtyard of the back house by Xue Baochai, and five or six little maids were arranged to serve her. All the treatment was slightly worse than that of other aunts, after all, her identity was there.

Besides, Jia Rui drank happily in the palace, and then returned to Wu Guofu wearing a python robe and carrying the prince's guard of honor.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Xue Baochai and all his wives and concubines waiting for him respectfully in the front yard.

Jia Rui glanced and found that there were more mandarin ducks in the crowd.

Jia Rui was immediately happy.

He was actually unwilling to have Yuanyang serve Jia Mu, but he didn't want to force Yuanyang, so he endured it. Now that he saw Yuanyang back, he was naturally happy.

However, he still suppressed his thoughts, just glanced at Yuanyang, and then returned his gaze to Xue Baochai.

"I have seen the prince, he is a thousand years old." Then Xue Baochai took his concubines and knelt down together.

Jia Rui walked a few steps, helped Xue Baochai up, patted her hand and said, "You and I are married, why do we need to give such a grand gift?"

Xue Baochai leaned on Jia Rui's shoulder with a happy smile on her face.

She never thought that such a day would come to her.

To be honest, when I married Jia Rui, there was some gambling involved. Unexpectedly, my bet turned out to be right. Jia Rui went from a small official to the king of Wu who is now the most powerful king in the world.

Then Jia Rui took Xue Baochai's hand, turned around and went straight to the old man's yard.

The other wives and concubines also stood up quickly, followed closely behind, and a group of people arrived in front of the yard.

At the door, Lao Li had been waiting here for a long time. When he saw Jia Rui coming, he quickly came over with a smile to say hello to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui responded to him with a slight nod, and then took Xue Baochai into the courtyard, and came to the main hall of the courtyard amidst the congratulations of the maids.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang, with smiles on their faces, wearing formal python robes and heavy makeup, sitting in the middle.

Jia Rui quickly stepped forward and kowtowed respectfully to Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang quickly smiled and asked the maid to help Jia Rui up, then called Jia Rui to her side, held his hand and greeted him with greetings.

If it were normal, Jia Dairu would have scolded Mrs. Wang for being such a loving mother but today, Jia Dairu looked at the grandparents and grandsons talking there with a smile.

"Brother Rui, just now Jia She of Rongguo Mansion said that our courtyard is a bit cramped. Do you think it should be renovated?" Mrs. Wang brought the topic to the mansion.

In fact, Mrs. Wang is still a little bit showy. Now that her grandson is the King of Wu, she naturally has to make a big effort to let everyone in the world know that their family's status is different from before.

And Jia Dairu finally spoke at this time, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's just that there was a lot of construction work just after being crowned king. Let's see what the subjects below will think. If you ask me, this house is not bad, just change the plaque and live there directly. No need to spend that wasted money.”

Even though Mrs. Wang was arbitrary on ordinary issues, she still had to listen to Jia Dairu in the face of such a big issue. Therefore, although she was unwilling in her heart, she still did not speak.

When Jia Rui saw the displeasure on Mrs. Wang's face, he guessed what she was thinking, so he smiled and said to Jia Dairu:

"Old man, repairing the mansion is not a big deal. I will ask people from the Ministry of Works to come over tomorrow to take measurements. I guarantee that our house will be completed within half a year."

When Mrs. Wang saw her grandson facing her, she immediately smiled, but then she asked, "Where will we live while the house is being repaired?"

Jia Rui said nonchalantly: "There are so many princes' mansions in Beijing vacant, let's just pick one to live in."

Indeed, after several major purges by Jia Rui, almost all the royal family in Beijing were killed by Jia Rui, and even the kings with different surnames were also purged by Jia Rui.

There are so many empty royal palaces, as well as palaces for kings with different surnames, why can't Jia Rui and his family live there?

Jia Dairu disagreed a little. He patted the table and said, "You just started building a large-scale construction project as soon as you were crowned king. What do the people below think of you? Moreover, it will cost a lot of money to build the palace. The court is not rich now. There’s no need for such luxury.”

When saying this, Jia Dairu glanced at Jia Rui, which was somewhat meaningful.

Jia Rui immediately caught his grandfather's eyes and understood what he meant.

(End of this chapter)