After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 791 Intimate
Haitang had just finished reading the letter when there was movement in the main room.

Probably because Grape went to report the good news to Ma, Hai Xiya, Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian were alarmed. When they learned that the messenger from the capital had arrived at the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion and brought new news, they became a little restless.

Grape knew very little, and even her newlywed husband Zhou Xiaojian probably didn't know much about the inside story. The couple only knew that Jin Jiashu asked Zhou Xiaojian to bring a box to Haitang, which contained important documents such as the Jin family's house deed, but they didn't know that there was also a letter in the box. Therefore, even if they told Hai Xiya and others the truth, the latter didn't intend to ask Haitang for any information.

After Haitang went to the upper room and admitted that she had indeed received the house deed and other items sent by Jin Jiashu, and told him about Jin Jiashu's entrustment, Xie Wenzai immediately decided to return to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to inquire about the follow-up.

He is not only the aide of the Duke of Zhenguo, but also Jin Jiashu's teacher. How could he ignore this matter and wait for news at home?
Cao and Lu also followed him out. In the past few years, Jin Jiashu has been studying with Xie Wenzai, and they have been teaching him a lot, and they also regard themselves as teachers and are very concerned about the safety of their students.

Hai Xiya saw the three people off and returned to the house, then he couldn't help but sigh.

Ma said, "If the master is worried, why don't you go and ask? After all, our family is familiar with Xiao Jin, and we are neighbors. If you go and see Xiao Jin, the Duke will not think you are meddling. When we go to the capital in the future, if Xiao Jin also settles down there, there will be times when he will need our family's care!"

Hai Xiya said, "Even Zhou Xiaojian, Xiao Jin's trusted follower, doesn't know the inside story. How can we outsiders pry into it? Anyway, Cousin Xie has already gone there. If the matter can be known to outsiders, Cousin Xie will tell us later. Why bother to join in the fun? I'm just a little worried. The incident just happened in the middle of the night yesterday. Xiao Jin has to leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning. It's so hasty. Something big must have happened in Beijing. I don't know if he can handle it after arriving in Beijing. I hope nothing will happen."

You know, Jin Jiashu's aunt, Concubine Xu, is the biological mother of the Eighth Prince. These officials who are under the protection of the Zhou family, the officials who work for Tao Yue, and the old people of Wumen who were persecuted by the Sun family, are all looking forward to the Eighth Prince's smooth succession to the throne, to restore order, and to clean up all the treacherous officials! If something happens to Concubine Xu and affects the Eighth Prince's succession to the throne, what should these officials who have always supported them do?
Although there is a seventh prince born to Empress Wu, he is too weak. Since he made his identity public, he has suffered from several serious illnesses every year. No one knows whether he can live to the day of coming of age, and no one guarantees that he will give birth to a healthy child to inherit the throne. If he dies without an heir, the ownership of the throne will be in turmoil again.

Many people still remember the fierce battle for the throne in the last years of the previous emperor. Since the current emperor ascended the throne, how many children have died due to the presence of a ruthless concubine like Concubine Sun in the harem? How many concubines and their families have been implicated? The succession has not been decided yet, the country is in turmoil, and the people in the court and the country have suffered enough. They really can't stand another battle for the throne. Everyone hopes that the eighth prince will take over the throne smoothly, and the court can complete the power transition steadily and peacefully, with less chaos and fewer deaths, so that everyone can feel at ease!

Hai Xiya sighed again and again, and suddenly remembered that Haitang still had something entrusted by Jin Jiashu, so he said to his granddaughter, "What did Xiao Jin send? The house deed?"

Haitang replied, "There are deeds to the house next door, and employment documents for Lu Ga Wa and his mother. Zhou Xiaojian has already returned the copy to him. There is also a deed to a shop on Cheng Huang Temple Street, which he acquired not long ago. What Brother Jin meant was that he originally thought that he could go to Beijing after passing the imperial examination, so he had no plan to set up any business in Chang'an. However, he did not do well in the provincial examination, so he thought that he might need to stay in Chang'an for a few more years. In order to prevent himself from living off his savings, he still had some businesses that could make money. Therefore, he bought a shop to rent out, and collecting a few taels of rent every month was also a stable source of income.

"I didn't expect that he would go to Beijing just after he got the shop, and I don't know if he would come back. He entrusted the contract to me for safekeeping, thinking that if he didn't come back, someone would need to help him deal with the property in Chang'an and then send the money to him. Ma Ma had to go to Beijing with him and couldn't take over the matter, and he didn't want to trouble the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion with such trivial matters, so he entrusted it to our family. The reason why he gave it to me instead of telling grandpa and grandma directly was because he thought that if he came back, the things would naturally be handed back to him, and there would be no need to alarm the elders." Haixi Ya finally understood what was going on and sighed, "He has always been considerate and attentive. He is afraid of troubling us as the elders, but he is still young and doesn't think things through. The deeds to the house and the store are all valuables. He entrusted them to you casually, and you just put them in your own room. If something goes wrong, how are you going to explain to him? These two properties are worth at least a thousand silver coins, which is not something you can afford with your pocket money. You should leave the box with your grandpa and grandma, and we will keep it for you. When he returns to Chang'an in the future, we will return the things."

Haitang only valued the letter in the box, and didn't care much about anything else. Anyway, if she needed to handle Chang'an's property on behalf of Jin Jiashu in the future, she would still have to ask her grandfather to come forward. There was a special safe in her grandparents' house for valuables and documents, which was safer than all the storage cabinets in her room.

Haitang immediately handed over the box and hid the letter. However, she would not tell her grandparents about the big box of old letters that Jin Jiashu had entrusted to her, so she kept it for herself.

Ma personally locked the box and put it at the bottom of the cabinet in the inner room, placing it together with her own land deed documents.

After putting the things away, she sent her granddaughter away, and couldn't help but say to her husband, "I really think Xiao Jin has different feelings for our Tangtang! Master, do you think Xiao Jin will tell Madam Xu about our Tangtang after entering the capital? Isn't the marriage that Madam Xu has her eyes on still undecided? Who knows, maybe our Tangtang and Xiao Jin are really destined to be together?"

Hai Xiya glanced at his wife helplessly: "What's the point of you telling me this? It depends on Concubine Xu's opinion! She doesn't recognize our child, how can she know Tangtang's good points? If she insists on marrying her nephew to a rich family, we can only give up. Xiaojin is a good child, but who told me that I am a lowly official and can't help his future? You should also stop saying such things in front of others, so that Tangtang will not take it to heart, and then it will not be a happy ending. Isn't it just making the child sad and upset?!"

Ma was a little embarrassed: "How could I say such nonsense in front of the child? I just mentioned it to you." Even so, she felt that Jin Jiashu was the right one for her grandson-in-law. If the marriage didn't work out, wouldn't it be a pity? She had no way to convince Concubine Xu, but she knew someone who could speak in front of Concubine Xu...

Ma left the house and called her confidant Aunt Cui, giving her a series of instructions.

Jin Jiashu was going to Beijing quickly. With the protection of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, she didn't need to worry about it, and she couldn't interfere. But Ma Shangyi was her elder sister, and they had been so close over the years. How could she not show some appreciation for her when she was leaving? She helped to prepare the luggage, the medicines needed on the road, and the items to keep warm. When it came to the items needed for long-distance travel, how could Ma Shangyi compare to her? She had to take good care of this elder sister and write a thoughtful farewell letter. Seeing how thoughtful she was, how could Ma Shangyi not say a few good words for their Hai family in front of the nobles in Beijing?

(End of this chapter)