Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 575 Sudden attack
Everything went smoothly and everyone was in high spirits, chatting and laughing before the banquet.

Jia Rui sat on top, toasting Jia Dairu and looking at his wives, concubines and children below with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Mrs. Wang, who was sitting next to Jia Dairu, always had her eyes drifting involuntarily to Jia Xuan, who was sitting next to her.

Although Jia Xuan was seven years old, she was still worried that Jia Xuan would not be able to eat well, so she kept watching Jia Xuan with her eyes.

However, Jia Xuan was eating happily down there and didn't notice at all that her great-grandmother was looking at him.

"What are you thinking about?" Jia Dairu asked when he saw Mrs. Wang was absent-minded.

Mrs. Wang calmed down her mind, lowered her head and said beside Jia Dairu: "Brother Rui is about to hold a coronation ceremony. After that, he will confer all the sons as kings. What do you think our eldest grandson can be conferred?"

After hearing this, Jia Dairu immediately rolled his eyes several times, and he also understood what his old wife was thinking.

This is to decide the crown prince's position immediately when Jia Rui ascends the throne and canonizes the kings.

Jia Dairu naturally pays more attention to his eldest grandson than other grandsons. He also hopes that his eldest grandson who grew up around him can become a prince.

So Jia Dairu touched his gray past and thought for a moment, then stopped his glass and said to Jia Rui:
"Emperor, the most taboo thing for our royal family is to be decisive. Now that you are the emperor, it should be even more so."

Jia Rui was drinking happily when he suddenly heard the old man say this and was a little confused as to what he meant.

So Jia Rui could only say perfunctorily: "Old man, what you said is that if there is anything wrong in the future, I still need your guidance."

Jia Rui thought it was over here, but Jia Dairu was not ready to let him go, but stroked his beard and said:

"You already have quite a few children, how are you going to canonize them?"

Jia Rui immediately became alert.

He also put down his wine glass, with a faint smile on his face, which was no longer as cordial as before.

"Old Emperor, this is what my grandson thinks. The children are still young and cannot see their future temperament, so they are all crowned kings for the time being, but they all live in the palace and will not go out until they grow up."

Mr. Jia was not one to give up easily. When he saw Jia Rui avoiding the important and taking the easy, he simply said straight to the point:

"The position of the State Reserve is the foundation of a country. If the position of the State Reserve is uncertain, civil strife will definitely occur in the future. I think you should decide on the position early to prevent people below from speculating and causing fratricide in the future."

Jia Dairu's words made everyone in the hall quiet down, and they looked at Jia Rui with their eyes.

Jia Rui was very embarrassed at this time.

He didn't expect that the old man would raise the issue of establishing a heir apparent at this time.

In order to avoid embarrassment, Jia Rui gently pushed Xue Baochai with his hand, which meant that Xue Baochai could come out to relieve the current dilemma.

But at this time Xue Baochai seemed to be stupid. He sat there looking at the wine glass on the table and ignored Jia Rui at all.

Jia Rui was a little unhappy. Xue Baochai actually dropped the chain at this time. Wasn't he putting himself on the fire?
However, the old man was still watching from above, so Jia Rui could only bite the bullet and said: "The children's temperament is unstable now. I think I will decide on a storage location after they grow up in a few years."

The old man stared at Jia Rui closely, and said with an ugly face: "Since ancient times, as long as the child is not too ridiculous, everything else is easy to talk about. Why do you need to think so much?"

Jia Rui opened his mouth to retort, but looking at the old man's decisive look, he couldn't speak.

Jia Dairu was very happy when he saw that he had suppressed Jia Rui. No matter how great his achievements were, he was still the same timid and fearful grandson in front of him.

"Let's do this. I'll make the decision for you and make Jia Xuan the crown prince." The hall, which was already silent, became even more eerily silent. You could even hear a pin drop.

At this time, Jia Rui was almost forced into a corner, and he didn't know how to refute Jia Dairu.

According to feudal etiquette, as the eldest son, Jia Xuan was naturally the natural candidate for the crown prince.

But Jia Rui has never been interested in this eldest son. He likes Xue Baoqin's third son.

Naturally, he wanted Xue Baoqin's son to be the prince.

Jia Rui looked at the people in the hall, and then focused his attention on Jia Dairu, "The old emperor and the prince decide the future of the country, so we can't agree hastily. I think it's better to wait and see for a few years before making any decisions!"

At this time, Jia Rui was unhappy all over his body.

If someone else had faced Jia Rui like this, he would have been so frightened that he said nothing, but now he was facing Jia Dairu, the old man who had taken care of Jia Rui since he was born.

Not only was the old man not afraid, but he stood up and shouted angrily: "You bastard, do you want to abolish the elder and establish the younger?"

This is simply taking a matter that the royal family cannot bring to light and talking about it openly.

Faced with Jia Dairu's persecution, Jia Rui was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he did not dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face.

He is also doing intense psychological activities now, why not just make Jia Xuan the crown prince first? Wait until one day the old man is gone and then destroy him.

This is a compromise and a delay.

But soon, Jia Rui gave up this idea.

Although this situation is good for himself, it is a huge disaster for his son Jia Xuan.

Want to know which of the deposed princes in history ended up well?
Even if I spare his life because of the love between father and son, the future heir will not keep this hidden danger.

In Jia Rui's heart, Jia Xuan is still his son no matter what, and he never wants him to end up like this.

Therefore, Jia Rui could only lower his head and pretend to be deaf and mute.

Just when the scene was a little awkward, Lao Li suddenly broke into the hall.

"Long live the Lord, there is an urgent military situation from eight hundred miles away that needs you to deal with immediately."

Jia Rui almost jumped up with joy when he heard this. This was really a God-given opportunity.

So he quickly stood up, bowed to Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang first, and then said: "Old Master, Old Madam, there is an urgent military situation that requires my grandson to handle. You can eat here first, and I will come when I go."

After finishing speaking, he left the table without even looking at Jia Dairu.

Jia Rui walked out of the main hall, immediately got on the sedan in a hurry, left Longshou Palace and returned to Qianqing Palace.

After returning to Qianqing Palace, Jia Rui immediately asked Lao Li, "Where is the military situation? Come up quickly."

"Well, my long live master, there is no urgent military situation. This slave saw that you were embarrassed, so I found a reason to call you out."

After hearing this, Jia Rui suddenly understood, and then patted Lao Li on the shoulder with admiration, "Okay, okay, good job. Fortunately, I have you today, otherwise I would really be stuck there."

(End of this chapter)