Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 263 Agree
The Lai family fell, and the Rongguo Mansion was full.

Although the wealth obtained from the Lai family's confiscation could not completely cover the Zhen family's hidden property in the Rongguo Mansion, it could cover more than half of it.

In fact, the time given by Dai Quan was too short. If all the Lai family's assets were counted, there would still be half a million taels of silver.

However, within three days, a large number of jewelry and curios were sold, as well as the property was sold off. There were not many people who were capable and willing to take it, and the Rongguo Mansion was not willing if the discount was too heavy.

With the wealth gained from plundering the Lai family, both Jia She and Jia Mu can keep the most beloved things for themselves without having to spend all their money.

Lin Ruhai received Jia Mu's invitation and came to Rongguo Mansion.

When he came to the outside of the Hall of Rongxi, he saw boxes of various sizes piled up outside the Hall of Rongxi.

When I first saw this, I thought Rongguo Mansion was preparing to move.

Entering the Rongxi Hall, he greeted Jia Mu, who asked him to sit down.

"Ruhai, I won't hide something from you. Before the Zhen family fell, they put a batch of property in the mansion. Some of it was misappropriated when the mansion was building the Grand View Garden. Now that the palace knows about it, they asked the mansion to return it to the Zhen family. Property!" Mother Jia has no intention of hiding it. Even if she doesn't tell it, it will spread soon.

Even after the Lai family ransack, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion did not change much. What happened at home would soon be spread.

"Are you short of money? I can come up with 30,000 taels of silver!" Upon hearing this, Lin Ruhai thought that Jia Mu wanted to borrow money, and he immediately said.

It can be said that he gave out 30,000 taels of silver, which is very generous.

You must know that the money used to build the Grand View Garden has not been repaid yet. The loan of another 30,000 taels of silver was entirely based on Jia Min's face, and he did not want to damage the remaining relationship between the two houses.

"It's not to borrow money!" Seeing Lin Ruhai take the initiative to borrow money, Jia Mu felt relieved. After all, she was still a member of her own family. She smiled and continued: "There are a lot of jewelry in the house, and Jiahou's house has added more. The area is really in need of jewelry and gadgets, so I would like to ask you to be a middleman and let Jiahou Mansion take over the jewelry and gadgets in my house, which can be regarded as helping me get through this trouble!"

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment. He knew that the Rongguo Mansion was planning to take advantage of the Jiahou Mansion and use this relationship to sell these jewelry treasures at a high price.

In addition, there are really only a few people in Beijing who can spend a lot of money and dare to take over the things of Rongguo Mansion, and Jiahou Mansion is one of them.

"I can only mention it to Jiahou Mansion. As for whether they agree or not, it's not up to me to decide!" Lin Ruhai said.

"Thank you very much Ruhai, you have helped me a lot!" Jia Mu was overjoyed and thanked her with a smile.

As for what Lin Ruhai said was just to mention it to the Jiahou Mansion, as long as you consider that the current mistress of the Jiahou Mansion is Lin Daiyu, this matter is nothing at all.

Jia Mu was in a good mood and took Lin Ruhai to have dinner in the house.

Lin Ruhai really couldn't refuse and could only stay.

When he saw the table full of delicacies, he could not see that the Rongguo Mansion was so poor that it needed to sell off its treasures.

He couldn't help but shook his head inwardly. Although his family and Jiahou's family also spent the same way, they had a rich family background.

But to Rong Guofu, he was an outsider and it was difficult for him to give any words of advice.

Besides, Jia Mu herself is a person who likes to enjoy herself. With her as an example, how can Jia Zheng and Jia She be frugal?

Lin Ruhai left Rongguo Mansion and went directly to Jiahou Mansion. Jia Qiang was still in the cabinet at this time.

"Daddy!" Lin Daiyu happily pulled her father and shouted.

"You have become the mistress of the house, you are a super-grade man, but you still don't look like you have grown up!" Lin Ruhai said dotingly.

Jia Qiang's intervention prevented Lin Daiyu from experiencing the darkest days. She has both parents, a stable relationship and a prosperous life.

Therefore, it is not surprising that even if Lin Daiyu married into Jiahou Mansion, she could still retain her girlish nature.

"A daughter will never grow up in front of her father!" Lin Daiyu replied nonchalantly.

"Haha!" Lin Ruhai was coaxed into laughing, and he went on to tell the purpose of his visit: "I came here this time because your grandmother wants to sell a batch of treasures to the Jiahou Mansion. You don't need to take into account my feelings. Just do it if you want. , just refuse if you don’t want to!”

"Is there an approximate value?" Lin Daiyu asked.

"I heard the total price is five to six hundred thousand taels of silver!" Lin Ruhai replied.

"Then it's nothing, just ask the housekeeper to take over later!" Lin Daiyu waved her hands indifferently when she heard that she only had this little money.

Lin Ruhai knew how big Jia Qiang's business was. Five or six hundred thousand taels of silver could make Rongguo Mansion nervous, but for Jiahou Mansion, it was really not too much.

"Mom is at Tubi Villa at the moment. If dad is okay, we will come together!" Lin Daiyu said with a smile when she saw that she had finished talking about the business.

Although her daughter is married, there is actually no difference from her daughter at home.

The two families were neighbors. Now Jia Min likes Grand View Garden very much and often rests in her own yard in Grand View Garden.

"Listen to you, dad doesn't have much to do today!" Lin Ruhai agreed with a smile.

The joint trial of the three divisions is almost over, and the next step is to wait for the palace's reaction. Prince Zhongshun's punishment has been decided, but Emperor Jingwen can only wait slowly for his treatment.

As for the emperor's disposition, the ministers could not say much because of the presence of the Supreme Emperor.

Of course, in the past two days, many old ministers have written to the Supreme Emperor, condemning Emperor Jingwen's behavior, but they only stopped short of the point and did not involve punishment.

In the cabinet, Jia Qiang clearly felt the increase in workload, but every member of the cabinet did not complain about this. Instead, they all showed extra enthusiasm.

Nowadays, the cabinet has full power to handle government affairs on behalf of Emperor Jingwen. Except for some important government affairs, the rest of the government affairs are decided by the cabinet. The influence of this power is reflected in every cabinet member.

Academicians Tian and Deng paid more attention to each report. Although the government affairs involved in these reports were accustomed to being handled by the cabinet, they still strived for excellence as much as possible and could not make any mistakes at this time.

Jia Qiang was also in a very good mood. Without the pressure of Emperor Jingwen, he could relax wholeheartedly.

This is the best outcome if we haven't come to the worst possible outcome.

Although Emperor Jingwen was unlucky, it was still much better than the result that only one of him and Emperor Jingwen could survive.

The only bad thing is that with the recent confinement of Emperor Jingwen in the court, the officials promoted by Emperor Jingwen have been affected.

At this time, the princes of the four kingdoms gained power again because they belonged to the Supreme Emperor.

They, who had borrowed money to live, had received a lot of filial piety in the past two days, which made their lives much more comfortable.

Jia Qiang had no intention of killing the four princes. As long as the four princes had no intention of targeting him anymore, he was too lazy to pay attention.

In fact, not to mention the four national government offices, even other forces, no one dared to be his enemy.

In addition to his weird behavior, the fact that Emperor Jingwen was imprisoned also had his shadow everywhere. Who wouldn't be afraid of this kind of person?

The dignified Emperor Daqian was imprisoned in the East Palace by him, and all other forces had to consider the consequences of opposing him.

After finishing the work of the cabinet, Jia Qiang saw Dai Quan outside the cabinet door. There were ten young eunuchs standing beside Dai Quan. This pomp in the palace surpassed that of Dai Quan before, which shows how important Dai Quan's status was in the palace.

No matter how grand the eunuchs were outside the palace, they were slaves in the palace, and they rarely showed off with a large number of young eunuchs.

In the past, Xia Shouzhong was in the palace. Although Dai Quan had a high status, he still needed to be careful. In fact, Emperor Jingwen was the future leader of Daqian, and the Supreme Emperor was the flower of yesterday.

"Jia Hou, master, please come over!" Although Dai Quan's status has been improved, he still maintained a certain degree of humility when he saw Jia Qiang.

"Thank you for your help, Prime Minister!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile.

Jia Qiang came to the Daming Palace. There were some more eunuchs in the Daming Palace. These eunuchs had abacus and pen and paper in front of them.

He looked at it curiously, and without asking any further questions, he went straight to the Supreme Emperor to pay his respects.

"Sit down!" The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and said.

Jia Qiang sat down in the lower position without any courtesy. He knew his life experience and had an extra affection for the Supreme Emperor, which made him behave much more casually in front of the Supreme Emperor.

"How are you thinking about it?" the Supreme Emperor asked calmly.

At this time, a young eunuch brought tea and placed it in front of Jia Qiang.

"You mean you want me to be a wealthy prince?" Jia Qiangwei asked reluctantly.

He is not nostalgic for power, but the rich prince represents the title of an empty prince. Without any power, this is just a pig.

When the Supreme Emperor was still there, no one would deal with the rich prince. But in the future, there would be a new emperor, or Emperor Jingwen would come back to power. Without power, he would really become a pig to be slaughtered.

For Jia Qiang, Daqian's power, in addition to being able to better protect his family, also means that he has the ability to fight against immortals.

Daqian's luck can stop the immortal.

Look, ever since he became the first-grade inspector of the nine provinces and the second-grade cabinet bachelor, the immortals have not come to him. He took the initiative to set up a trap to lure the lame Taoist to appear.

He didn't know how much luck a wealthy prince could mobilize, but he thought it would be far less than the power he held in his hands now.

"At this time, I made you the rich prince because of Jing Wen's side. At this time, Jing Wen's disposition has not yet been decided, but he will definitely not be able to influence you anymore!" the Supreme Emperor said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Jia Qiang asked with some confusion.

"If you recognize your ancestor and return to the clan, I will directly grant you the title of Prince and the title of Yangzhou Mansion based on your past achievements!" The Supreme Emperor put forward his own opinion.

Jia Qiang was startled, this condition was too good, and there was actually a fiefdom, and it was still Yangzhou Prefecture.

Yangzhou Prefecture is the most important prefecture in the south. It occupies a large amount of fertile land. The income from salt production alone is an astronomical figure.

Although most of the salt tax was turned over, as a fiefdom, some could still be withheld.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Jia Qiang knelt down and thanked him.

After talking to this extent, if he refuses again, he will be arrogant.

Just looking at the fiefdom of Yangzhou, its own power is not small. In addition, as long as the Supreme Emperor does not take the initiative to lose his military power and official position, his previous official power will still be retained.

As a prince, it is normal to participate in military and government affairs.

"You have to change your title!" the Supreme Emperor corrected with a smile.

"Grandpa Huang!" Jia Qiang was startled for a moment, then she realized what she was saying and shouted.

"Okay, okay, I plan to let you inherit the title of Prince Yitada!" the Emperor said happily.

The matter of Prince Yi Zhong has always been a knot in his mind. Now through Jia Qiang, this knot can be solved. Even if he meets the old Prince Yi Zhong after his death, he can still have an explanation.

The matter of recognizing one's ancestors and returning to one's clan cannot be done immediately.

For such a big thing, you need to find an auspicious day.

This matter will not be leaked to the public until the imperial edict is issued.

As soon as Jia Qiang came out of the Daming Palace, the Queen Mother sent a maid to invite him over.

In the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother looked sad. Emperor Jingwen was still her own child no matter what.

It was when she saw Jia Qiang that a smile appeared on the Queen Mother's face.

"Grandson, come here quickly and let grandma take a good look!" the Queen Mother said, waving to Jia Qiang.

She learned from the Supreme Emperor that Jia Qiang knew about her life experience. After the Supreme Emperor and Jia Qiang had discussed everything, she could no longer bear to call Jia Qiang over.

Jia Qiang came to the Queen Mother and was hugged by the Queen Mother.

"You are suffering outside!" The Queen Mother couldn't help but shed tears as she thought about Jia Qiang's experience.

Jia Qiang didn't feel much pain, but the Queen Mother knew that Jia Qiang was expelled from the Jia family at the age of twelve, which was a huge blow to anyone.

Jia Qiang, who was only twelve years old at the time, suffered such a blow. She worked hard outside and studied unremittingly. First, she passed the examination of scholar, and then passed the examination of Juren and Jinshi, and won the third flower.

These alone are like legends, but Jia Qiang is much more than that. He also practiced martial arts, made great achievements many times, and became the number one general in Daqian at a young age.

The queen mother at this moment is not a big queen mother, but an ordinary grandmother. She is holding her grandson like an ordinary grandmother. This is a reunion after a long separation.

Although she had met Jia Qiang many times before, it was difficult for the Queen Mother to express her feelings at that time. At this moment, the suppressed feelings did not need to be concealed and could be released freely, which made the Queen Mother extremely excited.

"Don't break your body from crying!" Jia Qiang advised softly.

With the support of Jia Qiang's 'Healing Technique [Advanced]', the Queen Mother's body could barely hold on.

The Queen Mother heard his persuasion and held back her tears. The joy in her eyes could not be restrained.

"Queen Mother, it's dinner time!" a palace maid said.

"Today you have to have dinner with grandma!" The Queen Mother did not let go of Jia Qiang, as if she was afraid that Jia Qiang would fly away if she let go.

"The palace door will be locked soon!" Jia Qiang had to remind.

"It doesn't matter if it's locked, just take my token and ask them to open the palace door!" the Queen Mother said domineeringly.

(End of this chapter)