Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 301 "Adversary"

Under the persuasion of Mrs. Wang, Jia Rui reluctantly agreed to go back to live.

Originally, Mrs. Wang wanted Jingchen to follow her back to Dingxihou Mansion, but Jingchen refused because she liked peace and quiet and disliked the excitement.

In fact, Jingchen heard others say that once she entered a wealthy family, she was as deep as the sea, so she also became afraid of the Hou Mansion.

Mrs. Wang actually likes cleaning things very much, but Mrs. Wang has never forced herself on others.

Seeing that Jingchen refused, she stopped forcing her and just asked Jingchen to go to the Hou Mansion every now and then to talk to her about the Buddha's scriptures.

For this, Jingchen happily accepts the order. Being able to save a person is a huge merit in Jingchen's eyes.

So in the afternoon, Jia Rui accompanied Mrs. Wang to leave the outer residence and returned to Dingxihou Mansion along Ningrong Street.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Xue Baochai inside got the news.

So just as Jia Rui accompanied Mrs. Wang into the second door, he met Xue Baochai who was coming with more than a dozen people.

When Jia Rui saw Xue Baochai, there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Jia Rui is not a fool. He may not have understood what happened yesterday, but after being calm for such a long time, Jia Rui has already seen the fishiness in it.

Jia Rui is like a crow standing in a pile of coal. He sees others as evil but cannot see himself as evil.

He didn't even think about it. If you didn't want to, how could you go along with it?
However, Xue Baochai's psychological quality was indeed good. As if nothing had happened, she slowly walked to Jia Rui's side and gave him the blessing.

"The uncle is back."

"Ok!"

Mrs. Wang saw that Jia Rui's nose was not a nose and his face was not a face, so she pinched Jia Rui hard.

"Talk to your wife carefully. She has worried enough about this family. Don't be angry with her anymore."

In Mrs. Wang's view, Xue Baochai is a great lady who understands justice well. Not only is she not jealous of her husband having a concubine, but she also secretly takes care of her after knowing that her husband has a woman he likes. Which great lady in the capital can do this?

Facing Mrs. Wang's soft knife, Jia Rui could only hold his nose and admit it.

"Okay, it's my fault these days, so don't take it to heart. You can sort out your sister's affairs. In a few days, I'll treat a few people to a drink. After we meet in person, I'll give her a family tree. "

The women in Jia Rui Mansion are different from those in Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Zhenrong of Ningguo Mansion and Jia She of Guo Mansion, these two guys have a lot of women around them, but none of them are actually on the family tree.

But Jia Rui was different. As long as the concubines around him were taken back to Dingxihou Mansion, they would all be included in the family tree.

Only Jingchen was raised outside and did not enter the family tree.

Mrs. Wang was very satisfied with Jia Rui's attitude. She smiled and stepped forward, grabbed Xue Baochai's hand and patted it gently, "If he dares to bully you in the future, tell me and see if I don't ask his grandfather to break his legs." .”

After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she gave Jia Rui a threatening look.

Jia Rui could only respond with a flattering smile.

"Okay, you two have not seen each other for several days, so I won't disturb you anymore." After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she called the mother-in-law and maid beside her and went back to her yard.

After Mrs. Wang left, Xue Baochai stepped forward again and said, "Sir, I made a mistake this time. Please forgive me this time."

Jia Rui sighed, stepped forward to help Xue Baochai, and then said, as if he was complaining or trying to find a way out for himself, "Not next time."

Xue Baochai blinked his bright eyes: "Okay, not next time."

Then he shook Jia Rui's hand playfully.

Jia Rui had already lost his temper, so he hugged Xue Baochai and returned to his yard.

When we returned to the courtyard, wine and food for Jie Feng had been placed.

Jia Rui had already had dinner in the palace, but still drank a few glasses of wine in the company of Xue Baochai.

Before the banquet, Xue Baochai winked at Ying'er, who was standing beside him, intentionally or unintentionally.

Ying'er understood immediately and found an excuse to retreat.

After a while, there was a jingle of rings outside.

Immediately afterwards, the door curtain was lifted open, and Xue Baoqin walked in with the support of Ying'er.

Seeing Xue Baoqin come in, Jia Rui's face turned red like a city wall.

He awkwardly picked up a glass of wine and put it in his mouth, taking advantage of this moment to cover his face with his hands.

Xue Baochai, who was sitting next to her, stood up and walked to her sister's side. She smiled and said, "Have you recovered well these two days?"

While asking this, Xue Baochai stretched out his hand and squeezed Xue Baoqin's hand tightly.

There was a hint of shyness in Xue Baoqin's eyes. She cast a grateful look at Xue Baochai, then gently moved to the table, poured a glass of wine, and then came to Jia Rui's side.

"Uncle, let me offer you a glass of wine."

After hearing Xue Baoqin's words, Jia Rui finally put his hand and wine glass on the table.

Then Jia Rui's eyes fell on Xue Baoqin.

Looking at Xue Baoqin in front of him, Jia Rui felt a sense of sweetness pouring out of his heart.

So Jia Rui took the wine glass handed over by Xue Baoqin and drank it all in one gulp. "Okay, okay, the clouds have cleared for the day."

Then Xue Baochai pressed Xue Baoqin to Jia Rui's right hand. She sat on Jia Rui's left hand and began to serve Jia Rui to drink together.

On that day, Xue Baochai very generously let Jia Rui sleep at Xue Baoqin's place.

Jia Rui gave a few words of concession, and finally pretended to be very helpless and left with Xue Baoqin.

The next day, before dawn, Jia Rui, served by Xue Baoqin, put on his official uniform, and then hurriedly left the Dingxi Hou Mansion and went straight to the palace.

We should add here that Jia Rui worked hard all night last night, so he got up late today and didn't even bother to eat breakfast.

So he could only carry two pieces of cake and put a few bites in the sedan chair.

When Jia Rui came outside the court room, he found that it was quiet and not as crowded as usual.

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment, have these officials changed to vegetarianism?So disciplined.

Although he was puzzled, Jia Rui opened the door and walked in.

As soon as he entered the door, Jia Rui heard the cough of Shen Wence, the Minister of Civil Affairs not far away.

Jia Rui looked at him puzzled.

I saw Shen Wence and seven or eight officials from the Ministry of Personnel who could go to court, all crowded outside the court room.

Jia Ruizhen was a little confused. You must know that the outside of the court room was where low-level officials stayed, and the court ministers like Shen Wence stayed in the inner room.

Jia Rui came to Shen Wence and asked in confusion: "Master Shen, did something happen today?"

Shen Wence pulled Jia Rui to a corner and said, "Master Jia, starting from today, there will be a difficult person in the cabinet!"

Jia Rui's eyes flashed. Yesterday, the Supreme Emperor announced that someone named Chen would be allowed to join the cabinet. He hadn't announced it yet, so why did Shen Wence know about it?

"How did you know about this?"

Shen Wence smiled bitterly, then moved his mouth toward the inside, "Everyone is inside."

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment, and then there was a surge of anger in his chest.

What's going on with this guy named Chen?
How did he enter the court without the Emperor's will and his own approval?
You must know that no matter how great his merits are, no matter how close he is to the Supreme Emperor, he is now a jobless white body.

However, Jia Rui quickly calmed down.

How could a person without an official position pass all the checks to enter the palace and come to the court room?

Jia Rui bowed his hand to Shen Wence, then walked into the court room with square steps and his hands behind his back.

After entering, Jia Rui heard an old voice talking.

Taking another look, I saw that in the middle of the court room, sitting on his original seat was Old Man Chen.

He Chaodong and Li Chengyang gathered around Old Chen, like students looking at their teacher, respectfully listening to Old Chen's talk.

There were several ministers, ministers and others standing next to him like primary school students.

After Jia Rui came in, Old Chen looked up at Jia Rui and smiled.

"Master Jia, you are late today."

"Haha, I got up late. I hurriedly hurried over and got here. Fortunately, I didn't miss the time."

After Jia Rui finished speaking, he walked over and stood opposite Old Man Chen, staring at him closely.

Old Chen looked at Jia Rui with a smile, and then stood up, "I just saw that Mr. Jia didn't come, so I temporarily borrowed Mr. Jia's place to rest. Mr. Jia, you won't mind, right?"

Jia Rui did not speak, but stretched out his hand to point to the chairs outside, and then stared at Old Chen.

Old Chen was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Jia Rui to be so tough.

He thought that Jia Rui would make excuses with him, and said with a smile to him, "Don't let it go." Unexpectedly, Jia Rui pointed directly at the chairs around him, which meant that there are chairs for you to sit on, why do you have to sit on mine?

In fact, it's no wonder that Old Man Chen believed that he was the Supreme Emperor's absolute confidant and that everyone else would stay away.

In the past, it was only that Jia Rui, a junior, was able to win the favor of the Supreme Emperor when he was not in the court. Now that he is back, this junior should make way for him.

Mr. Chen turned around a few times in his mind and suddenly laughed. As if nothing had happened, he gave Jia Rui a thousand dollars.

"The common people are innocent and bumped into Mr. Jia. Please forgive me."

Jia Rui looked at the old man with a smile on his face and sincerely apologized to him, and white sweat appeared on his back.

Fortunately, the relationship between the Supreme Emperor and himself was unusual, otherwise he would really not be able to fight against the old man in front of him.

Because according to common sense, this old man has made great contributions in the past and is the think tank of the Supreme Emperor. This time when he returned to Beijing and went to court for the first time, he was forced to kowtow to Jia Rui and salute. If this spread to the eyes of the Supreme Emperor, Ordinary ministers cannot bear the anger of the Supreme Emperor.

The old guy in front of me wants to use this kneel to ruin his Jia Rui's future.

It's a pity, it's a pity that you, old guy, will never think of the extent of the Emperor's trust in me.

In this case, I will simply give you a blow and let all the ministers in the court take a look.I still have the final say in this cabinet, and I still have the final say in this court.

(End of this chapter)