Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 235
Jia Rui looked at the girl and nodded. He was lucky enough to have a beautiful girl in his family.

Just when Jia Rui wanted to take the girl away, Zhao Jin suddenly pulled Jia Rui to the corner where he was hiding.

"Brother Jia, do you know the surname of this palace maid?"

Jia Rui blinked, not understanding what the other party meant.

Does it matter what your last name is?In the end, they are not all my concubines.

"Brother Jia, let me tell you the truth, this palace maid's surname is Zhen." After saying this, Zhao Jin looked at Jia Rui meaningfully.

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment, then immediately remembered something, and then looked meaningfully at the harem of Longshou Palace.

"Is it related to the one in the harem?"

Zhao Jin nodded lightly.

Now things get interesting.

You must know that Concubine Zhen is the Emperor's favorite concubine. She has never fallen out of favor since she entered the palace when she was young.

It was precisely because of the Emperor's favor with her that the Zhen family in Jiangnan prospered for decades, and controlled Jiangning weaving and the Emperor's spies in Jiangnan.

Why does this big shot like me now?
"Thank you, Brother Zhao, for the reminder. Do I know what to do?"

Zhao Jin nodded lightly, then patted Jia Rui on the shoulder, "Don't be too stressed. Since the beauty is in your hands, just enjoy it."

"Haha, it seems like this is a blessing in disguise for me."

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui thanked Zhao Jin, then went back and left with the beauty surnamed Zhen.

Zhao Jin saw that Jia Rui had disappeared, and then returned to the side hall.

As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw the Supreme Emperor lying in the arms of a middle-aged beauty, eating grapes.

When the middle-aged beauty saw Zhao Jin coming back, she asked directly: "Have you brought him back yet?"

Zhao Jin didn't dare to neglect, he quickly went up and kowtowed first, and then said cautiously: "Back to my queen, who is a thousand years old, I have been taken away by Lord Jia."

At this time, the Supreme Emperor spoke, "I wonder if you are worrying too much. How can I not know who Jia Rui is? Is it necessary to win over him like this?"

After hearing the words of the Supreme Emperor, a trace of sadness flashed in the middle-aged beautiful woman's eyes.

"You are not afraid. When the time comes, you can kick off your legs and leave first. What will we do if mother and son are left behind? Now we finally have someone we can use, and he will be our mother and son's support in the future. If we don't win over him now, we will wait until When will you win over?”

What he said was very unreasonable. If someone else had spoken like this to the Supreme Emperor, his family would have been confiscated and his family would have been exterminated.

But the Supreme Emperor didn't seem to care about this. Instead, he sighed and said: "You are still thoughtful, but have you ever thought about it? When I am gone, Jia Rui may not be able to hold on for long."

The beautiful middle-aged woman smiled softly and said nothing.

In fact, what she was thinking was that even if the Emperor was gone, with Jia Rui's power and their ability to bring the Zhen family together, the emperor would have to consider moving the two of them if he wanted to.

A hint of melancholy flashed in the Emperor's eyes.

As someone who has been the emperor for decades, how could he not know what the person next to him is thinking?
But even the Jiangnan Zhen family and Jia Rui's strength could not compete with the future emperor.

Moreover, the union of their two families will even make the future successors of the empire hate them even more.

The reason why the Supreme Emperor is so sure that the two families cannot stop the future emperor of the empire is because the Supreme Emperor has made up his mind that when he dies, the military power of the country will be handed over to the heir.

At that time, no matter how powerful the two families were, they would still be nothing more than an egg against a stone for the emperor who held the military power of the whole country.

However, the Emperor is not prepared to tell his beloved woman these words, so he should let her live with peace of mind during this period.

Besides, Jia Rui and the palace maid came outside the palace. They had been waiting for Jia Rui's prosperity and hurriedly went forward to say hello.

"Go find a sedan nearby." Jia Rui said to the kneeling Wangcai.

After Wangcai heard this, he looked up at the palace maid next to Jia Rui, then a smile appeared on his lips, and then he walked away.

After a while, Wangcai directed a few sedan bearers to come over carrying a rather gorgeous sedan.

Jia Rui turned back to the palace maid and said, "Get on the sedan first, and let's go home first."

After that, Jia Rui personally helped the palace maid in the sedan, got on the horse himself, and then the group went straight to the Dingxi Hou Mansion.

After returning to the mansion, I changed the sedan chair for the palace maid, and then entered the second gate and came to Xue Baochai's yard.

The reason why he came to Xue Baochai first was because Jia Rui had to explain to Xue Baochai first. Otherwise, Xue Baochai would not be happy if he brought a woman back for no reason.

In fact, as soon as Jia Rui and the woman entered the house, Xue Baochai got gossip from the people below.

This was also thanks to the fact that Xue Baochai was in charge of the family business. The servants and maids in the family fawned over Xue Baochai, so any news in the house was reported to Xue Baochai.When Xue Baochai heard that Jia Rui had brought another woman back, she was also filled with anger.

When she married Jia Rui, she didn't think of anything else, but she didn't expect that Jia Rui was a playboy, and these beautiful women were carried to the house one by one.

If he keeps struggling like Jia Rui, he will have to work with Jia Rui every month in the future.

When she was angry, the little maid outside shouted, "Uncle, you are back."

Then the door curtain was opened, and Jia Rui walked in from the outside with a woman.

Xue Baochai raised his eyes and looked at the woman, only to see that the girl was still wearing the clothes of a palace maid. She also had a pretty face and had some little baby fat. She looked so cute.

No wonder Jia Rui brought her back!She thought this woman was cute when she saw her.

Although he thought so, Xue Baochai's face became very gloomy and he didn't even look at Jia Rui who walked in.

Jia Rui came in and saw Xue Baochai but ignored him. When he saw Xue Baochai's face was ashen, he knew that his aunt at home was angry.

So he came to Xue Baochai with a smile, put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Grandma, what's going on? Seriously, tell me who made you angry and I'll take care of her."

Xue Baochai raised his eyes and looked at Jia Rui, then chuckled and said, "Don't you know who in this family can make me angry?"

Jia Rui touched his nose helplessly, and finally sat next to Xue Baochai and whispered in her ear:
"This palace maid is not what I wanted. She was given to me by the Supreme Emperor Huang Fei Fortress, and her surname is Zhen!"

Xue Baochai is such a clever woman. With Jia Rui's words, she understood what happened.

Xue Baochai immediately turned around and looked at Jia Rui worriedly, "What does the Emperor mean?"

Jia Rui glanced sideways at the girl standing there, and then said nonchalantly: "What else could it be? Isn't it just that I looked at it twice more today? He got angry and sent a woman to destroy our... Husband and wife relationship!”

When Xue Baochai heard this, he knew that Jia Rui was talking nonsense.

However, she also knew that there were still outsiders standing in the room, so she couldn't elaborate, so she smiled and said, "Who made your eyes look dishonestly?"

Then Xue Baochai pushed away Jia Rui who was hugging her, stood up, walked to the woman, and looked her up and down carefully.

"You are indeed a bright and charming beauty. No wonder my uncle is looking at you!"

When the palace maid heard Xue Baochai's teasing, her face turned red with embarrassment, and her head almost dropped to her chest.

Xue Baochai saw that her little appearance was getting more and more cute, so he stepped forward, took her hand, patted her gently and said, "Sister, you can live in the house with peace of mind. After a while, you will know that our master is a kind man." People don’t beat and scold them frequently like other people’s families.”

After finishing speaking, Xue Baochai said to Brother Ying: "The yard in front of Second Sister You is pretty good, and let the new aunt live there."

After saying this, Xue Baochai asked again: "Sister, what is your last name?"

The palace maid blinked her innocent eyes, and then said: "My maiden name is Zhen, and my maiden name is Wanfang."

"Okay, then my sister will stay at home peacefully. Tomorrow we will call the other sisters to talk together."

After finishing speaking, he nodded and signaled Brother Ying to take Zhen Wanfang away.

When there were no outsiders in the house, Xue Baochai returned to Jia Rui and asked in a low voice: "What does the Jiangnan Zhen family mean?"

"What's the point? I just want to bring your uncle and me together to fight against the emperor in the future."

When Jia Rui said this, his eyes were a little deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Xue Baochai became a little worried after hearing this, "Uncle, why don't you resign? Anyway, you have a title and our family is rich, so there is no need to continue to be so worried."

"A woman's view."

Jia Rui said angrily. He seemed to feel that his tone was a bit harsh, so he quickly explained:
"At this time, I have just retreated. Can the emperor rest assured? There will probably be a fight between dragons and tigers in the future."

This was the first time Xue Baochai heard Jia Rui talk about the dangers in the court, and now she began to feel her heart jumping.

Jia Rui saw that Xue Baochai was very frightened. He sighed and comforted: "Don't worry too much. I still have a group of people in the court. If we really join forces with the Zhen family in Jiangnan this time, In the future, the emperor will not be able to do anything to us."

Jia Rui was actually comforting Xue Baochai, while also concealing his true strength.
Others don't know it, but Jia Rui is in charge of the intelligence department. He knows that there are probably a lot of spies from the Supreme Emperor in his house.

Therefore, even at home, some things should not be said carelessly.

Xue Baochai didn't know what Jia Rui really meant. She lowered her head and thought for a moment. Jia Rui represented the four major families, plus the Jiangnan Zhen family, this was a very huge force.

If the four princes and eight princes are included, I am afraid that half of the people in the court are related to these people. In this case, the emperor must consider the consequences if he wants to touch these people.

After thinking of this, Xue Baochai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the sadness on his face also disappeared a lot.

(End of this chapter)