Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 630: Lady Jia Passes Away

On this side, Wang Xifeng was also scared when she knew that Lady Jia had recovered.

Wang Xifeng said that she didn't care about this old lady who had controlled the Rongguo Mansion for a lifetime, but that was a lie.

As for Lady Jia, she was not someone she could deal with, both in terms of scheming and means, and besides, she had a natural stick - filial piety.

Therefore, Wang Xifeng could only avoid the spotlight temporarily. She had been sick and stayed in the yard these days without going out.

In addition to these, Wang Xifeng began to tidy up her own courtyard. All the maids were replaced, and they were all new people bought by Wang Xifeng from outside.

In fact, all the maids in Wang Xifeng's courtyard were bought from outside. However, Wang Xifeng felt that they had been in the mansion for a while and might have hooked up with some bad people in the mansion, so she simply sent them away first.

In addition, Wang Xifeng also kept all the old maids given to her by Jia Rui by her side. All her food and daily necessities had to be delivered to her and Jia Ping by the old maids.

You know what, Wang Xifeng's defense really worked. A few days later, Grandmother Jia was so angry that she threw things around the house.

She didn't expect Wang Xifeng to be so wary. Even if she controlled the entire Rongguo Mansion, she couldn't infiltrate Wang Xifeng's courtyard.

Of course, Jia Rui would not just sit there and watch his woman and children in danger.

A few days later, one night, a man in black lightly landed in Lady Jia's room.

He was even lighter than a feather, and every step he took made no sound at all.

He came to Jia's mother's side, took out a small bottle from his arms, and then gently dropped a drop of medicine on Jia's mother's lips.

Afterwards, she looked at the maid sleeping at Lady Jia's feet, quietly left Lady Jia's bed, and disappeared from the window.

The next day, when the little maid woke up, she saw that Grandmother Jia was still sleeping, but she didn't care.

A few days ago, Lady Jia was seriously ill and has not fully recovered yet, so she has been getting up late during this period.

After the maid had prepared the toiletries and seeing that it was getting late, she quietly came to Lady Jia's bedside.

"Old lady? Old lady?"

After calling out to Lady Jia several times but getting no response, the maid could only raise her voice.

But no matter how she called out, Grandmother Jia, who was lying there, did not respond.

The little maid then realized that something was wrong and ran out to call for help.

After a while, Nanny Lai hurried in from outside with a few maids.

She carefully walked to Lady Jia's bedside and placed her hand under her nose.

This test frightened Nanny Lai so much that she collapsed to the ground.

It turned out that Grandmother Jia had stopped breathing and had become a cold corpse.

The last time Jia Rui used some tricks to make Jia's mother die in a normal way, two self-righteous guys saved Jia's mother.

This time, Jia Rui simply issued an edict, asking Lady Jia to leave and not to worry about anything else.

Therefore, the Intelligence Department sent out a good man who gave Lady Jia a drop of medicine, allowing her to go to the underworld directly in her sleep.

Then the entire Rongguo Mansion fell into chaos.

First, Jia Zheng was called back from the yamen, and then Jia She was also found out from the small courtyard.

After that, all the masters of Rongguo Mansion gathered around Lady Jia's courtyard and cried bitterly.

As the head of the family, Jia Zheng had no choice but to step forward and, on the one hand, order Wang Xifeng and Li Zhi to go in and replace the chief judge for Jia's grandmother, and on the other hand, ask his eldest brother to carry Jia's grandmother's coffin over.

In fact, Jia Mu's coffin had been prepared a long time ago, but as the status of the Jia family rose again, the previous coffin was no longer worthy of Jia Mu, so the Rongguo Mansion found a skilled craftsman to make a golden nanmu coffin for Jia Mu.

You have to know that in this feudal era, golden nanmu was only used by the royal family. If anyone else used it, it would be an act of usurpation. Jia's mother's coffin was also jointly submitted to Jia Rui by Jia Zheng and Jia She of Rongguo Mansion. Jia Rui was in a good mood at the time, so he approved it.

That's why Lady Jia got this coffin made of golden nanmu wood.

After Lady Jia was put into the coffin, her body was temporarily placed in Rong Xi Hall. Then Rongguo Mansion sent its servants to notify close relatives and elderly relatives.

Naturally, Jia Rui would not be forgotten about such important news, but this was not something that a servant could report. Only Jia Zheng and Jia She had to go to the palace in person to ask to see Jia Rui.

In fact, Jia Rui already knew that Lady Jia was dead in the morning, but he still pretended to confess to Jia Zheng and Jia She.

Seeing that the two of them were wearing white clothes, he asked in surprise:

"My two uncles, what happened?"

Jia Zheng's eyes turned red, and he said, "Your Majesty, my old mother, Princess Rong Shi, passed away last night without any illness."

After hearing this, Jia Rui pretended to be very surprised. Then he stood up and personally helped Jia She and Jia Zheng up.

“My two beloved ministers, the dead cannot be resurrected. Besides, there was news that the old lady was in poor health some time ago. It should be some time ago, and she has not fully recovered.”

After listening to Jia Rui's words, Jia Zheng and Jia She also felt that it made sense. Some time ago, Jia's mother was so seriously ill and was on the verge of dying, but she actually got better after taking the medicine prescribed by a monk. Now thinking about it, something seems wrong.

Could it be that the monk deliberately deceived me? Did he give my mother a poisonous drug?

Although he had this idea, Jia Zheng did not say it out loud, because if the matter was really put to the truth, he would also be guilty.

Then Jia Rui sat back on the throne, lowered his head and thought for a while, then said to the eunuch Gao Jing beside him:

"Issue an order: Concubine Jin of Qixiang Palace shall go to Rongguo Mansion to pay her respects to Princess Rong on my behalf."

The Jinpin mentioned here is Jin Yuanyang.

She and Qingwen now live in Qixiang Palace.

Gao Jing received the order and hurried out.

Jia Zheng and Jia She also hurriedly said goodbye, and they wanted to go back to the intersection of Ningrong Street to welcome Jin Yuanyang.

On the other side, Yuanyang was also very sad after receiving Jia Rui's order.

Although she was originally the old lady's maid, the old lady was indeed very kind to her.

Although she had repaid the old lady's kindness, the feelings between them could not be repaid.

Therefore, Yuanyang quickly ordered the eunuchs on guard to prepare the ceremonial guard.

Then she went to the Yangxin Palace, kowtowed to Jia Rui and said goodbye, then left the palace and headed straight for Ningrong Street.

When we arrived at the intersection of Ningrong Street, we found that it had turned into a white ocean. Hundreds of upper-class members of the Jia royal family were kneeling at the entrance of the alley.

These people were all dressed in white and wore mourning hats.

At this time, Yuanyang was also wearing light white brocade, and the head ornaments on her body were all made of silver.

This is Yuanyang's way of showing respect to the deceased Lady Jia.

Afterwards, surrounded by the crowd, the mandarin duck sedan chair entered the Rongguo Mansion from the main gate.

Yuanyang personally burned incense for Lady Jia in Rong Xi Hall.

After finishing the work, Yuanyang sat down in the side room of Rong Xi Tang.

(End of this chapter)