Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

"Madam, Mr. Jia."

Steward Lin did not dare to be arrogant. After seeing Lady Jia, he was the first to pay his respects. It is said that a third-rank official is in front of the prime minister. Steward Lin is the chief steward of the Lin family. In the outside world, he is a popular figure, but the Jia family is different after all.

Firstly, the Jia family had a royal concubine who was very famous. And the Marquis of Guanjun was also from the Jia family. He was a sensible man and would not embarrass himself.

"No need to be so polite, butler. Please take a seat!"

After Steward Lin finished his greetings, Grandmother Jia spoke.

When Steward Lin heard this, he was not angry. If Lady Jia had said this before he paid his respects, it would have seemed somewhat sincere. But now that he had already paid his respects, it would have seemed like hindsight to say this.

Before, Lin Ruhai served as the Imperial Censor of Salt, which was indeed a low position, and it was understandable that he was looked down upon by the Jia family. After all, the Jia family was a noble family and had always been superior to others.

However, Lin Ruhai has now become the prime minister and has been promoted to the cabinet. The situation is very different from before. To put it bluntly, if the Jia family wants to continue to enjoy their current life, they cannot do without Lin Ruhai's help.

Lin Ruhai didn't have time to come in person today. He came to the Jia Mansion to represent Lin Ruhai. In his opinion, it was a bit unreasonable for Jia Mu and others to continue to take the lead.

The Jia Mansion today may seem prosperous, but in reality it is in a state of disarray and its future is unpredictable.

Logically speaking, there was a capable person among the descendants of the two dukes' mansions, but that person had already separated and formed his own lineage, called Marquis Guanjun, and had little to do with the Jia family. The others were mediocre.

The previous generation, that is, the generation of Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Jia Jing, was turbulent. To be honest, both Jia Jing and Jia She were considered to be outstanding talents of the time. However, an incident that happened later broke the backbones of both of them.

It is difficult to develop good habits, but it is difficult to develop bad habits. However, anyone can develop bad habits, such as cockfighting, dog walking, lust, and alcoholism, as long as the conditions are met.

He had heard the comments of the two adults in the Jia family from Lin Ruhai. Whenever the matter was mentioned, Lin Ruhai was very secretive and stopped talking abruptly.

However, there are some things that no one can change. If Marquis Jia En was still Marquis Jia En, the Jia family would have been in turmoil by now. What's worse, they have become cannon fodder. After all, the one sitting on the dragon throne is not a good person.

As for the other one, the second master of the Duke's Mansion, Jia Zheng, he looks serious on the surface, but he is actually a hypocrite. He did not hear this from Lin Ruhai, but from people in other mansions.

The two younger generations of the Duke's Mansion are both incompetent. The East Mansion is even worse. Even the clan leader has fallen into the hands of a villain who is only interested in women and women and has a very bad reputation. As a result, the reputation of the East Mansion has become extremely bad. People in the capital say that even the cats and dogs in the Ningguo Mansion are not clean, and only the two stone lions outside the door are clean.

Especially after Jia Hong moved from the Duke's Mansion to the Marquis of Guanjun's Mansion, these crazy rumors became even more outrageous.

In a flash, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind. Steward Lin sighed in his heart that the world is unpredictable. The Jia family originally had the ability to make further progress, but it was a pity that fate played a trick on them and they ended up in this situation.

"Why didn't Ru Hai come?"

After Steward Lin sat down, Jia Mu asked. Steward Lin bowed and said, "In reply to the old lady, the master has been in the palace these days and has not returned home. Some of the words were passed on by the eunuchs in the palace. However, some things the master said were not so straightforward. After careful consideration, I roughly understood what the master meant. Today, I saw many people leaving the capital. I knew that time was running out, so I rushed here as fast as I could."

Hearing what Steward Lin said, the expressions of the people present were startled.

If it had not been for the critical period, Lin Ruhai and the others would not have stayed in the palace all the time, and there was another piece of information that was noticed by Jia Baoyu.

Steward Lin said that Lin Ruhai asked the eunuch to send back some information, but some of it could not be said openly.

This means that the news Lin Ruhai wants to tell them is not simple. He guessed that it should be related to the current situation in the capital.

Sure enough, before Jia Baoyu could ask, he heard Steward Lin speak again: "The situation in the capital is tense now. Many families have already started to take action. Some are leaving the capital, and some are arranging retreats."

"Of course, there is nothing to hide about these things. Everyone knows it. After all, in the end, you can only rely on yourself."

Steward Lin looks to be around fifty years old, with gray hair. Compared with everyone present, except for Lady Jia who is older than him, the others are younger than him. And compared with Jia She and others, he looks even older. After all, Jia She and others don't have many things to take care of on a daily basis, they only know how to eat, drink and have fun, while Steward Lin is responsible for taking care of many affairs of the Lin Mansion, so he has a lot to worry about.

Having said that, Steward Lin looked around the room. He remembered Lin Ruhai saying that there were spies from the palace in the Jia Mansion, monitoring every move here. He was not sure whether those people were here.

However, he couldn't mention this matter at the moment, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

Then he suddenly remembered something and asked, "The girl who left before was from the Champion Marquis' Mansion?"

  Upon hearing this, Jia Mu and others were all stunned. What did Steward Lin mean by this?

However, soon at the instruction of Lady Jia, Jia Zheng responded.

"It is Miss Miaoyu from the Guanjun Marquis's Mansion. Is there anything important that the housekeeper is asking about?"

When Steward Lin heard this answer, his brows slowly relaxed. What was the purpose of the people coming to the Marquis of Guanjun's Mansion at this time? In fact, even if the people from the Jia Mansion didn't say it, he could guess something. It was probably some news, or they wanted to send people to help guard the mansion.

And since the Marquis of Guanjun Mansion has already said it directly, the people in the room should not be a problem. After all, he had the honor of seeing the power of the Marquis of Guanjun Mansion once.

Especially the girl from southern Xinjiang who looked a bit ostentatious. Her methods were so ruthless and fierce that even he, who had lived for most of his life, felt inferior to her.

"It's nothing serious. Lord Lin has instructed that after leaving the mansion, we must go to the Marquis' Mansion. Now that Marquis Jia is not here, there are some things that we must pay more attention to."

"The words that the eunuch sent back to you were not many. There were only two sentences. One was to be loyal to the emperor and to serve the country, and the other was not to see the nobles in the palace."

(End of this chapter)