Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 216 Return to the original state
After more than 20 days of traveling, Jia Rui finally returned to the capital.

After returning to Beijing, Jia Rui did not go home. Instead, he went to Longshou Palace to see the Supreme Emperor.

The palace is a second home for Jia Rui, so he arrived at the Dragon Head Palace under the guidance of the eunuch very smoothly.

Zhao Jin, the eunuch of Longshou Palace, already knew that Jia Rui was coming back, so he waited for Jia Rui at the door.

When the two sides met, they held hands and exchanged a few polite words.

Then Jia Rui started to ask, "Brother Zhao, what are the big things happening in the court during my absence?"

Zhao Jin looked around, pulled Jia Rui to a corner, and then whispered:
"You don't know, right? The emperor has been grounded by the Supreme Emperor, and now the person in charge of the court is Prince Yi Zhong."

This is not good news for Jia Rui, because Prince Yizhong and Jia Rui are not dealing with them either.

"How could it be him?" Jia Rui couldn't figure it out, because the Emperor had so many sons. How could he let a grandson skip his sons and directly take charge?

"Haha, the Supreme Emperor is thinking of Prince Xian Yi Zhong!"

Jia Rui touched his temple in annoyance.

To be honest, if someone becomes the emperor, Jia Rui even hopes that the current emperor will continue to serve, not the Yizhong County Prince.

Although the current emperor claims to be very powerful, he still knows how to advance and retreat.

And this Prince Yizhong doesn't know whether it's because he is young and energetic or something else, but he acts a little carelessly.

It was just such a trivial matter back then, but he actually mobilized his own forces to attack Jia Rui. Is this something a mature person can do?

Although he was a little troubled, the Supreme Emperor still saw that Jia Rui entered the Dragon Head Palace under the guidance of Zhao Jin, and then slipped along the wall and approached the side hall of the Dragon Head Palace.

When he went in, Jia Rui was a little jealous. It turned out that Prince Yizhong was sitting at the small table where he usually sat, correcting memorials, and the Supreme Emperor was reading some idle books on the kang, but he looked at Prince Yizhong out of the corner of his eye. The level of concern is self-evident.

"Your Majesty, Jia Rui, wishes to see you, long live the great emperor, long live, long live, long live."

The Supreme Emperor looked up when he heard the sound, and saw Jia Rui coming in, and his face involuntarily showed joy.

"Retire without courtesy."

After asking Jia Rui to get up, the Emperor called Jia Rui to his side again and looked him up and down.

"Okay, I'm still as energetic as when I left."

Jia Rui lowered his head in embarrassment, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am deeply moved and speechless."

"Hahaha!" The Supreme Emperor laughed happily.

And this is Prince Yizhong sitting in front of the small table. Watching the Supreme Emperor and Jia Rui talking and laughing, he feels a little jealous.

It has been a month since he came to Longshou Palace, and he has never had such an intimate joke with the Supreme Emperor.

What if someone who doesn't know sees this scene and thinks that Jia Rui is the grandson of the Supreme Emperor and he is just an outsider?

But then again, isn't it said in the court that Jia Rui is the illegitimate son of the Supreme Emperor?If you look at it like this today, it might be true.

After saying a few more words, the Supreme Emperor showed Jia Rui the dozen or so memorials on the imperial case.
"You go through these excerpts on my behalf and correct them if there are any mistakes."

The Emperor didn't want Jia Rui to rest. He had to work just after he came back.

Jia Rui looked very troubled on the surface, but in fact he was already happy in his heart.

Jia Rui knew the power of correcting memorials, and he didn't want to lose this job.

Dai Quan next to him was very discerning and moved a small table for Jia Rui and placed it opposite Prince Yizhong.

After that, Prince Yi Zhong no longer had to stand up and run away. After correcting the memorial, the eunuch sent it directly to Jia Rui opposite.

And Jia Rui then went through these memorials, not correcting them if possible, and if not, just deleting them and rewriting them himself.

I don't know if Jia Rui Guyi was in trouble with Prince Yizhong. There was almost no memorial sent by Prince Yizhong that Jia Rui didn't correct.

After Jia Rui finished correcting the memorial, it was sent to the Supreme Emperor by the eunuch for him to review.

The Supreme Emperor had to read each of these memorials sent to him. This was to check the ability of Prince Yizhong.

It's a pity that Prince Yi Zhong is still as speechless as before. Every memorial he corrected was corrected by Jia Rui.

The Supreme Emperor sighed, put down the memorial in his hand, and lowered his head to think about it.

"Prince Yizhong will not come tomorrow. I will send you some teachers. You can study hard at home."

The Supreme Emperor has temporarily given up on Prince Yizhong. He has never cared about Prince Yizhong in these years. I wonder who he learned from in the palace?When it comes to serious matters, he learns these messy intrigues quite quickly.

After hearing what the Supreme Emperor said, Prince Yizhong felt his heart twitch. He knew that the Supreme Emperor was dissatisfied with him.

What a great opportunity this time. If you just take one more step forward, you can pull down the emperor and become the heir. It has only been less than a month. Why has the emperor given up on him?

After thinking of this, Prince Yizhong couldn't help but look at Jia Rui, who was sitting opposite.

Did Jia Rui just slander him? Otherwise, why would Grandpa Taishang give up on him as soon as he came back?
It must be like this, otherwise things wouldn't be such a coincidence.Prince Yizhong glared at Jia Rui fiercely, thinking: You kid, just wait, one day I will take power and I will look good to you.

Jia Rui was confused by the fierce look in Prince Yizhong's eyes. Is this guy sick?The Emperor doesn't want to see you, why are you glaring at me?
The Supreme Emperor sitting above waved his hand, and Dai Quan next to him immediately understood what he meant.

I saw Dai Quan walking to the side of Prince Yizhong in small steps and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's getting late today. You should go back first! If the Emperor summons you again tomorrow, I will personally pick you up."

Prince Yizhong had no choice but to stand up and kowtow to the Supreme Emperor before exiting.

Prince Yizhong is gone, but Jia Rui's work is not over yet.

Since the emperor is still in confinement, all memorials from the court must be sent to the Supreme Emperor.

The Emperor was an old man who didn't want to do anything, so the matter was assigned to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui has not been idle since he entered the Dragon Head Palace. He didn't even have lunch. He didn't finish correcting the day's memorials until the sun was about to set in the afternoon.

After coming out of Longshou Palace, Jia Rui also began to admire the emperor.

You must know that the emperor comes here every day, and he handles much more things than Jia Rui just approving memorials today.

But just like this, the emperor not only did not feel bored, but persisted day by day, and was quite interested. In this regard, Jia Rui could not compare.

Jia Rui dragged his tired body and took a dozen boys to protect him, and finally returned to Dingxihou Mansion.

As soon as he approached the gate of the mansion, he found that the place was under martial law. At the gate of the mansion, his wife Xue Baochai and his second sister You and third sister were waiting for him.

It turned out that after Sanjie You and Jia Rui entered the city, Jia Rui went to the palace to see the Supreme Emperor, and she went home first.

After Sanjie You came back, she naturally had to report to the doctor Xue Baochai first.

After Xue Baochai knew that Jia Rui had returned to Beijing and had to go to see the emperor first, she immediately reported it to Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang, and she herself was waiting for Jia Rui at the gate with her concubines and maids.

This wait lasted from morning until almost dusk, without even eating lunch. It was more difficult than Jia Rui's work in approving memorials in the palace.

After Jia Rui saw Xue Baochai from a distance, he quickly dismounted and walked forward quickly.

Xue Baochai also saw Jia Rui, and she led others to kneel to the ground in advance.

When Jia Rui saw him kneeling down, he quickly stepped forward and helped Xue Baochai up.

"We are already an old married couple, so there is no need for such a big gift."

Xue Baochai smiled and said to Jia Rui: "When the uncle returns to Beijing, my wife should naturally greet him outside the house. If you are lazy even about this, let others not laugh out loud when they hear it."

Jia Rui smiled and shook his head. Xue Baochai was a well-behaved person. It was easy to talk about other things, but when faced with this issue of principle, Xue Baochai never gave in.

Then Jia Rui personally hugged Xue Baochai and entered the house accompanied by the second sister You and the third sister.

Afterwards, the family came to the yard of Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang.

Afterwards, accompanied by the maids, they entered the room and saw Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang sitting in the middle of the lobby, each holding a little baby in their arms.

Jia Dairu is holding Jia Xuan, Xue Baochai's son, and Mrs. Wang is holding Jia Rui, daughter of Second Sister You.

Jia Xuan is obviously older and can barely stand still now. She is kicking her legs dishonestly in Jia Dairu's arms, which means she wants to stand up.

Jia Rui, on the other hand, was much more honest. She lay obediently in Mrs. Wang's arms and looked at Jia Rui with her eyes wide open.

When Jia Rui saw the two relatives, he quickly stepped forward to salute.

But Jia Dairu stopped him.

Afterwards, Jia Dairu ordered the maid next to him to take Jia Xuan and Jia Rui aside, and then asked Jia Rui to salute.

After the salute, Jia Rui couldn't wait to hold his son and daughter in his arms and get intimate with them.

Jia Xuan seemed to dislike Jia Rui and was very resistant to Jia Rui's kiss. She kept pushing her big face with her two small hands.

Jia Rui, on the other hand, not only did not resist Jia Rui's affection, but instead took the initiative to put her head over and get close to Jia Rui.

This made Jia Rui so happy that he hugged his daughter and refused to let go.

After that, the family had dinner and Jia Rui rested at Xue Baochai's place.

The next day, Jia Rui, who was working hard, got up quickly and went to Longshou Palace to help the Supreme Emperor handle the memorial.

We had dinner at the Supreme Emperor's place at noon, then hurried to the suburbs in the afternoon and took over the capital camp again.

You must know that Jingying is one of Jia Rui's old assets, and Jia Rui is reluctant to let go.

Jia Rui was so busy hitting the back of his head that he naturally didn't notice that since he came back, an undercurrent began to surge in the court.

It wasn't until one night when Jia Rui's old subordinate Shen Wence came to visit that all the mysteries were revealed.

(End of this chapter)