Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 256 Imperial Edict
Jia Qiang walked into the East Palace and saw Prince Zhongshun looking at her with a pair of red eyes.

He first saluted Emperor Jingwen. Emperor Jingwen looked at him deeply and waved his hand to signal him to stand up.

"I've met Prince Zhongshun. You haven't slept well. You have to take care of yourself!" Jia Qiang turned to Prince Zhongshun and stepped forward to greet him.

The words he said were the same words he said when he met Prince Zhongshun at the palace gate yesterday, but the meaning was completely different.

"How dare you, how dare you!" Prince Zhongshun roared back.

"Your Majesty, I have violated the rules of conduct before Prince Zhongshun!" Jia Qiang smiled slightly and said to Emperor Jingwen.

"Prince Zhongshun is a little agitated because of things in the palace!" Emperor Jingwen helplessly explained to Prince Zhongshun.

"I see, then I will forgive him!" Jia Qiang said magnanimously.

Prince Zhongshun's breathing became heavier, and he felt that every word Jia Qiang said was provoking his nerves.

"Prince Zhongshun's Mansion was massacred. This case is an unprecedented one in Daqian. I ordered Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation. Jiahou has outstanding abilities, so Jiahou will assist you. I will give you and Dali Temple three days to kill the person." Catch it!" Emperor Jingwen didn't want Jia Qiang to irritate Prince Zhongshun too much, so he issued the order in a deep voice.

After he said this, he waved his hand to signal Xia Shouzhong beside him.

Xia Shouzhong took an imperial edict and sent it to Emperor Jingwen. The edict had been prepared long ago and was waiting for Jia Qiang's arrival.

Jia Qiang knelt down and accepted the imperial edict. This matter had become an imperial edict, so it must be completed, otherwise it would give Emperor Jingwen an excuse.

The problem is that he can't refuse yet. If he doesn't take over the investigation, it will be completely investigated by Dali Temple. If Lin Ruhai can't give the result after three days, then Lin Ruhai's official position will be gone.

This is conspiracy, using power to suppress others.

"I will definitely live up to the holy hope!" Jia Qiang said.

He left the East Palace, opened the imperial edict on the way, and found that there was no seal of the Supreme Emperor on it.

Emperor Jingwen did not go through the Supreme Emperor. If he really wanted to invalidate this edict, he could go to the Daming Palace.

But he didn't do that, he just smiled and put away the imperial edict.

"I want to kill him, I must kill him!" Prince Zhongshun screamed after Jia Qiang left the East Palace.

His princess, concubines, concubines, and all his children were all killed, including almost all of his team.

Prince Zhongshun's palace is at its busiest time. His women are all busy rearranging their rooms, and even their children are instructing their servants to arrange their empty rooms.

It is for this reason that Jia Gong's massacre almost killed all the family members of Prince Zhongshun.

"Tell me, what did you do to make Jia Qiang so crazy?" Emperor Jingwen asked in a deep voice after Prince Zhongshun calmed down.

He still knows something about Jia Qiang. Jia Qiang has a temperament that is bound to retaliate.

But if you don't take the initiative to provoke Jia Qiang, Jia Qiang will not deal with you.

To be able to make Jia Qiang do such a crazy thing, the last time it was the second girl of the Zhen family who sent dead soldiers to assassinate the Lin family. In the end, not only was the Beijing palace massacred, but even the Zhen family was impeached by Jia Qiang.

This shows how strong Jia Qiang's revenge is. As long as he touches Jia Qiang's reverse scale, he will wait for Jia Qiang's crazy revenge.

"When I go to court today, I sent twenty dead soldiers to sneak into Jiahou's mansion. If I can catch Mrs. Jia, I can avenge the robbery in the mansion!" Prince Zhongshun sighed and said his plan out.

"Confused, let alone you, even I will not touch Jia Qiang's family. He was expelled from the Ningguo Mansion in his early years, which made him attach great importance to his family. Even if you deal with Jia Qiang directly, you will not do this. Big counterattack!" Emperor Jingwen pointed at Prince Zhongshun and said.

"I'm not willing to accept it. My prince, my princess, and my beloved concubine were all killed. I'm not willing to accept it!" Prince Zhongshun collapsed again and let out a heart-rending howl.

Emperor Jingwen shook his head helplessly, walked back to the Dragon Case and sat down.

He had done what he could do and asked Jia Qiang to catch the murderer. As long as Jia Qiang could not catch the murderer, then he would have reason to punish Jia Qiang and Lin Ruhai.

From the incident of Prince Zhongshun, he also understood that before Jia Qiang was dealt with, he could not touch Jia Qiang's relatives.

Although the security in the palace was tight, it was not much better than that of Prince Zhongshun. To this day, he still didn't know who massacred Prince Zhongshun's palace.

First of all, it was impossible for Jia Qiang. Jia Qiang was still in the palace at that time.

Then it was Jia Qiang's men, but no matter how they investigated, they never found out who did it.

According to the news from the spies monitoring Jiahou Mansion, no one has left Jiahou Mansion.

Of course, Jiahou Mansion is so big, especially with the addition of the Grand View Garden. Even if Jiahou Mansion is monitored, there is no guarantee that no one will enter or leave through the wall.

Just like the dead soldiers sent by Prince Zhongshun, the spies monitoring Jiahou Mansion did not discover this matter.

As long as the murderer was not found, Emperor Jingwen would not feel at ease.

He looked at Prince Zhongshun again. Prince Zhongshun was considered useless.

Even though Prince Zhongshun was crying miserably, Prince Zhongshun would never leave if you asked him to go back to the house to take care of the family affairs.

Prince Zhongshun himself knew that what he had done must have aroused Jia Qiang's anger, and that was why the palace of Prince Zhongshun was massacred.

If he leaves the palace now, he will most likely be waiting to be killed.

No matter how many guards he hired to protect him, there would only be a thousand days to commit a thief, and there would be no thousand days to guard against thieves. As long as a slight flaw was accidentally exposed, his life would be gone.

In addition, he was somewhat unable to judge the strength of the murderer. No matter how chaotic Prince Zhongshun's palace was, the defensive power in the palace was still very strong.

But the massacre was completed in such a short period of time. By the time someone discovered the bodies of ten palace guards at the gate of Prince Zhongshun's palace and entered the palace to investigate the situation, the murderer had already left.

Returning to the cabinet, the two cabinet bachelors just glanced at Jia Qiang and did not ask why Emperor Jingwen summoned him.

"Tian Zhongtang, Deng Zhongtang, I have received the imperial edict from the Holy One to assist Dali Temple in investigating the case of Prince Zhongshun's Mansion. The results will be available in three days, so I can't come back in these three days!" Jia Qiang asked the two cabinet ministers. The great scholar saluted, presented the imperial edict and said.

"Three days are a bit short. If you don't have enough time, come over and talk to me. I will go and intercede with the Holy Lord for you!" Academician Tian shook his head and said.

Academician Tian believes that Jia Qiang did it, so the investigation should be fruitless.

He wanted to influence Emperor Jingwen through the cabinet and ask Emperor Jingwen to reduce the punishment of Jia Qiang.

This is not all for Jia Qiang, but also for the cabinet.

Once Emperor Jingwen could use this method to punish Jia Qiang, he could use the same method to deal with any cabinet member in the future. Then the cabinet would lose its autonomy and become a puppet in the hands of Emperor Jingwen. This is definitely not something that Master Tian and Master Deng want to see. Even the entire civil service group does not want this to happen.

This imperial edict issued by Emperor Jingwen violated the interests of the civil servant group to some extent.

"Thank you Tanaka-tang, I think three days is enough!" Jia Qiang replied confidently.

"Don't be too embarrassed. You are a cabinet bachelor. You cannot be punished easily just because a case cannot be investigated!" Bachelor Deng said almost clearly.

Only then did Jia Qiang understand the key. He discovered that Emperor Jingwen seemed to have made a bad move.

"When I go to court today, there are dead soldiers invading my house!" Jia Qiang thought for a while and said.

Now both Master Zitian and Master Deng understood why Prince Zhongshun's palace was massacred.

This is Jia Qiang's revenge, but if anyone wants to blame Jia Qiang for what he did, most people will not agree.

Because it was Prince Zhongshun who crossed the line first, the act of sending dead soldiers was beyond the boundaries of the imperial dispute, and he could not be blamed for being retaliated and killed.

"Prince Zhongshun has acted erratically in recent years, regardless of the consequences!" Academician Deng said calmly.

His words indicate that Academician Deng will be on Jia Qiang's side. In addition to Academician Tian's previous statement, as long as the reason for Jia Qiang's revenge is revealed, most civil servants will be on Jia Qiang's side.

You must know that Jia Qiang is considered to be a self-protective person in the civil service system. After all, he is a big boss in the military and has the right to mobilize elite soldiers to serve as guards for the mansion.

If the dead soldiers were to attack other civil servants' mansions, they might not be able to stop them at all, and the mansion would have no choice but to let the dead soldiers do their thing.

Jia Qiang left the cabinet early and went to Dali Temple.

Sitting in the carriage driven by Jia Gong, his eyes were looking in the direction of the East Palace, knowing that Prince Zhongshun was there.

It is not that he is incapable of killing people in the palace. Whether it is Jia Gong or himself, they can easily kill Prince Zhongshun in the palace.

But he didn't want to do this. The palace represented Daqian's face, and the Supreme Emperor wouldn't want him to assassinate him in the palace.

Of course, Jia Qiang was able to do this with absolute confidence. Prince Zhongshun's life was between his fingers and he could be killed with a snap of his fingers.

The government officials at Dali Temple seemed to be in a hurry, and all of them looked nervous.

Jia Qiang first ordered someone to report it, and then entered Dali Temple after receiving a reply.

He met Lin Ruhai, who had just dismissed one of his men.

"Did you build Prince Zhongshun's mansion?" Lin Ruhai looked around and asked in a deep voice when he found no one there.

"Earlier today, the dead soldiers of Prince Zhongshun sneaked into the mansion and were caught by the guards. One died and nineteen were captured!" Jia Qiang explained.

"Is Yu'er okay?" Lin Ruhai asked in shock.

"It's okay, the dead soldiers were all killed as soon as they entered the palace wall!" Jia Qiang replied.

"The news coming from the palace, why do you want to join the investigation of this case? I will submit a letter, and I will investigate the case alone. It doesn't matter if I lose my position in three days!" Lin Ruhai shook his head and said.

He was the Minister of Dali Temple largely because of his son-in-law.

Even though he had the experience of serving as the Salt Patrol Envoy in Yangzhou, no matter how fast the seventh-rank Salt Patrol Envoy was promoted, he could not be promoted to the third-rank Salt Patrol Minister in a short time.

That's because Jia Qiang's contribution was too much, too much to reward Jia Qiang, and the credit could only be shared with him, his father-in-law.

Now that he lost this official because of Jia Qiang's incident, he didn't care.

"I have thought of how to solve it. I will explain it in three days!" Jia Qiang waved her hand and said.

"Can it really be solved?" Lin Ruhai asked with some disbelief.

"Yesterday, my father-in-law didn't even go to the Grand View Garden to drink and admire the moon. He returned home early today, just in time to visit the Grand View Garden!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go back home!" Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Qiang carefully. Seeing that Jia Qiang seemed to have everything in mind, he couldn't help but smile.

In fact, Dali Temple is very busy at the moment and has sent a large number of manpower into Prince Zhongshun's Mansion for investigation.

But he knew very well that no matter how he investigated, he could not find the murderer. Even if there were clues, he would not be able to investigate his son-in-law.

Since Jia Qiang is sure to solve it, trust Jia Qiang and just take a rest herself.

Jia Qiang and Lin Ruhai returned to the mansion together. They entered their respective mansions and changed their clothes. Lin Ruhai came to Jiahou Mansion through the small door and went to the Grand View Garden with Jia Qiang.

Lin Ruhai was not very interested at first, but after walking for a while, he was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery of the Grand View Garden.

"The delicacy of southern gardens can be seen everywhere in this garden, but in terms of overall style, it has the grandeur and elegance of northern gardens!" He admired after seeing several views.

"Since you like it, you can move in with your mother-in-law!" Jia Qiang invited with a smile.

"Forget it, I don't have the energy. Just walking so much every day would waste too much time!" Lin Ruhai shook his head and smiled.

If he lived in the Grand View Garden, once there were guests in Lin's house, it would take a long time for him to return home. This really couldn't be the case.

This is why it is convenient for women to live in the Grand View Garden. The social circle of women is relatively small. Even if there are visitors, they are also women and can be directly invited to the garden to meet.

Walking around, I took a tour. Since many of the courtyards now have female relatives living there, Lin Ruhai's garden viewing this time felt like a quick tour of the flowers. That's why it was so fast.

When Lin Ruhai arrived at the provincial residence in the center, although many of the decorations prepared for the imperial concubine had been removed, he still frowned a little.

"Brother Qiang, if you don't plan to return to the royal family, don't live in a house with such regulations!" he reminded.

"Father-in-law, I am also considering this matter. I also made it clear to the Emperor and told him that I know this. The Emperor wants me to choose whether I am willing to become a rich prince!" There is no one around here. It's a place for conversation, he whispered.

"I don't know how long the Supreme Emperor's body can last. We can't put all our hopes on the Supreme Emperor. The main reason is the attitude of the current Holy Emperor. However, looking at what Prince Zhongshun has done, I am afraid that the Holy Emperor will not let you go, even if you become rich. Prince!" Lin Ruhai analyzed in a deep voice.

Jia Qiang knew this. When he went to court, the ill will from Emperor Jingwen showed Emperor Jingwen's attitude towards him.

Looking at the imperial edict just obtained, this imperial edict more clearly illustrates how much Emperor Jingwen wanted to suppress him.

Once he was suppressed and lost power in his hands, Emperor Jingwen would make other moves to force him step by step until he was completely crushed.

(End of this chapter)