Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 146 Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger

Jia Rui was frightened when he heard the words of the Supreme Emperor. Then he looked up and saw the Supreme Emperor's eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything. He immediately understood that the little tricks he did were simply childish in the eyes of the Supreme Empress.

Jia Rui immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I am guilty and have selfish motives. Please punish me."

The Supreme Emperor sighed, and then motioned to Dai Quan, who was standing beside him, to help Jia Rui up.

"Who in this world has no selfish motives? The only truly selfless people are the saints of ancient times. How can ordinary people like us escape?"

After saying this, the Supreme Emperor looked at Jia Rui again and said happily: "Although you have selfish motives, you care about the friendship between relatives and are not an ungrateful person."

It turned out that the Supreme Emperor had already found out the history of Jia Rui's fortune.

So he believed that Jia Rui engaged in favoritism yesterday in order to repay Jia Zheng for his kindness.

Therefore, not only was the Emperor not angry, but Jia Rui felt that Jia Rui was affectionate and righteous, and indeed he was worthy of being his loyal minister.

As for the civil and military ministers in the court who appeared to be selfless on the surface but did everything in private, the Supreme Emperor actually looked down upon them.

"I have already told Dai Quan about this matter and it is over. Don't take it to heart. You will repay me by doing your business well in the future."

Jia Rui was indeed moved. He pushed away Dai Quan, who was supporting him, and fell to his knees on the ground, sobbing.

The Emperor seemed to be moved as well, and stepped forward to help Jia Rui up in person.

"Why are you crying? He is a general who has been on the battlefield, and he is still crying like a child. We, the monarch and his ministers, will be remembered forever. If future generations see our General Jia crying like a child in the history books, Just the same, you will be embarrassed for hundreds of years."

Jia Rui was a little bit amused by the Emperor. His face was both tear stained and smiling, looking so funny.

The Emperor seems to like Jia Rui's true temperament.

As he spoke, the Supreme Emperor winked at Dai Quan. Dai Quan understood immediately, then exited in person, and soon came in dragging a tray.

"Look, this is what I planned to reward you yesterday."

Jia Rui wiped his eyes sheepishly, then glanced at the tray in Dai Quan's hand.

And I was immediately hooked.

It turned out that there were ten pigeon egg-sized pearls on the plate, containing a light yellow jade Ruyi.

Jia Rui's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly knelt down again.

"The Supreme Emperor has given me a generous gift of Minggan, but the wishful thinking is too precious and cannot be enjoyed by me."

The Supreme Emperor smiled, then picked up Ruyi and stroked it gently for a long time, and finally said: "I remember that this thing was given to me by the late Emperor. I didn't expect that more than 40 years would pass in such a flash."

After sighing, the Supreme Emperor gently threw Ruyi away like Jia Rui.

Jia Rui had great skills, so he couldn't let Ruyi fall. He picked it up casually, and the Ruyi fell into his hands.

"What a great general, he is indeed my blessed general."

Seeing Jia Rui's quick actions, the Supreme Emperor clapped his hands happily.

"Since you caught it, it's yours."

Jia Rui did not dare to delay this time and held Yu Ruyi firmly in his arms.

"Okay, now that you have taken my things, it's time to do something for me."

Dai Quan, who was standing next to him, understood immediately, then brought in more than 20 memorials from outside and handed them to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui took the memorial with a grimace and started reviewing it on a small table next to the Supreme Emperor.

During this period of time, God was kind and there was no trouble in the court, so the more than 20 minutes of memorials were quickly corrected.

After finishing the review, Jia Rui took the things the Emperor had given him and said goodbye.

After leaving the palace, Jia Rui felt that his whole body was weak and his back was soaked with sweat.

As expected, being with you is like being with a tiger!

Fortunately, the Supreme Emperor was hit by his own soul-catching talisman. Otherwise, based on what he did yesterday, he would have been guilty of deceiving the emperor, and the whole family would have been killed.

Now Jia Rui is more determined to hold his fate in his own hands. It is so frightening that his fate is in the hands of others, and it makes people unable to sleep at night.

Jia Rui returned home with his things in his arms. This time he was not in the mood to see the mansion he was about to build.

As soon as he got home, he threw the things in his arms on the table and lay on the bed.

Jia Rui just wants to lie down until the end of time and never get up again.

So Xue Baochai didn't even have lunch until the evening.

As soon as Xue Baochai entered the house, she realized that something was wrong with Jia Rui. The formerly energetic husband seemed to have become a different person, and his spirit began to become depressed.

Xue Baochai quickly stepped forward to support Jia Rui, gently hugged his waist and asked: "Uncle, has something happened?"

Jia Rui smiled bitterly and sat weakly at the table, "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired."

Jia Rui didn't want Xue Baochai to worry about external matters, so he found an excuse to stop it.

Xue Baochai is an ice-smart woman. She could tell at a glance that her husband didn't want her to worry.So Xue Baochai no longer asked any more questions, but served Jia Rui diligently during dinner, calming Jia Rui's frightened mood.

That night, Jia Rui did not leave Xue Baochai's place, but fell asleep under Xue Baochai's care.

At night, Xue Baochai heard someone shouting in a daze.

She immediately opened her eyes and saw Jia Rui lying next to her with a ferocious face and kept shouting "Help".

Seeing her husband, who had always been strong in front of her and had never been so weak before, Xue Baochai felt a burst of heartache.

She leaned down, held Jia Rui in her arms, and patted his back gently, just like a mother comforting a baby.

Under Xue Baochai's comfort, Jia Rui finally calmed down.

At dawn the next day, Jia Rui woke up from his sleep.

His spirits revived, as if yesterday's weakness was not his.

Under the service of Xue Baochai and the maids, Jia Rui had breakfast and said to Xue Baochai when he was in Linli Mansion:

"Send someone to speak to the Rongguo Mansion and tell them not to worry. The matter has been settled."

After Jia Rui finished speaking, he left the inner house, and under the protection of the servants and guards, went to the palace to run errands.

After Jia Rui left, Xue Baochai immediately sent Brother Ying to Rongguo Mansion.

When Jia Mu received the news from Jia Rui, a big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

She had been waiting for news about Jia Rui all day yesterday, but nothing happened all day long.

She thought something was wrong, but good news came from Jia Rui in the morning.

This time Jia Mu was completely relieved. At the same time, in order to thank Wang Hao, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, who had helped in this incident, she specially prepared 3 taels of silver for her son and sent it to the government.

Although things are settled, there will be trouble next.

It turns out that just yesterday, Wang Xifeng took over Mrs. Wang's mess despite being pregnant.

At first, she was happy that all the power of Rongguo Mansion was finally in his hands. But when she opened the back and checked, she almost vomited blood in anger.

She originally thought that although her family was in difficulty, it was because the rent was insufficient recently and she could not maintain the huge Rongguo Mansion. However, she still had a solid foundation and had saved at least a hundred thousand taels of silver.

As soon as she opened the door of the warehouse, she counted it herself and found that there were only 6 to [-] taels of silver left in the warehouse.

To be honest, the amount of money saved in Rongguo Mansion's palace is at most about the same as her small treasury.

Over the past year, Wang Xifeng has made a lot of money.

The biggest one is the sale of smuggled grain and ironware outside the customs.

From this part of the dividend alone, Wang Xifeng received thirty to forty thousand.

In addition, the 9000 acres of land in Gansu that Jia Rui promised Wang Xifeng also brought in an income of [-] taels.

The sum of these silvers is equivalent to all the silver deposited in Rongguo Mansion's official residence.

This was still the first year, and as time passed, she really didn't take the money from Rongguo Mansion seriously.

In order not to fill the bottomless pit of Rongguo Mansion with his own money, Wang Xifeng was ready to rectify and rectify the village owners and shopkeepers below.

These people said that every year the harvest was bad and disasters hit, and the rent paid to the government was getting less and less.

There are so many disaster-stricken places in the world. If it were as they said, the court would still be in chaos.

"Wait for the bosses of the various villages below to send word. If they try to be cautious with me again this year, I will seize the opportunity and sell the whole family to the black coal kiln."

"Grandma, why are you angry with these people? The most important thing for you now is to keep your child." Ping'er persuaded with his big eyes blinking.

Wang Xifeng glared at her, and then said: "My family is almost drinking the northwest wind. If I were calm again, I would have to sell you to them."

After finishing speaking, Wang Xifeng sighed. The provincial villa was really too luxurious. If she could save the money and run it again, she could even live in Rongguo Mansion in peace for more than ten years.

"Grandma, those little actors have come back. Aunt Xue's place hasn't moved yet. What do you think we should do?"

When Wang Xifeng heard this, she immediately became angry and slapped Ping'er with her backhand, "You little bitch's hoofs can't be distinguished by people from far away."

Ping'er was stunned by Wang Xifeng's sudden slap, but with her intelligence, she immediately knew that she had just said the wrong thing.

Now there was no need for Wang Xifeng to hit her, so she knelt down on the ground and slapped her face several times.

Wang Xifeng felt a little soft-hearted when she saw that Ping'er was her dowry maid after all, and she was the only one out of four dowry maids.

"Okay, get up."

With Wang Xifeng's words, Ping'er dared to stand up.

"Go and tell your aunt in person that she can live here as long as she wants and there is no need to rush out."

Wang Xifeng paused for a moment, and then said: "The little actors we bought back, let them live temporarily in the small courtyard next to the provincial relatives' villa."

(End of this chapter)