Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 350 Entering the Palace Late at Night

After roughly checking the account books, boxes of silver were carried to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the next inspection task became much more serious.

Each box of silver will not be opened and measured again.

Only when all the money is correct will it be checked and stored in the warehouse.

By the time this set of procedures was finished, it was already midnight.

Jia Rui, who was exhausted, said hello to Qin Shun and others, and then went home.

Time flies so fast, it’s been more than a month in the blink of an eye.

During this period of time, Jia Rui's career in the court was relatively smooth. Although the old man Chen Guozi was always against Jia Rui, since the last incident, Chen Guozi's internal alliance also collapsed.

Therefore, Jia Rui now firmly controls the cabinet again.

Because of this, Jia Rui happily drank a few glasses of wine today.

At night, under Xue Baochai's care, I fell asleep early.

I slept until about midnight, when suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door outside.

Xue Baochai opened his eyes first, and then asked: "What's wrong?"

Ying'er's voice came from outside, "Grandma, an angel is coming to deliver the message."

Xue Baochai was startled and quickly pushed Jia Rui, who was sleeping like a dead pig next to him.

But Jia Rui slept too deeply. No matter how hard Xue Baochai tried, he just wouldn't open his eyes.

In the end, there was really no other way. Xue Baochai asked Brother Ying, who was sleeping in the outer room, to bring him a basin of cold water, and then wiped it directly on Jia Rui's face with a cold handkerchief.

Just like that, Jia Rui reluctantly opened his eyes, and then said impatiently: "Are you still going to let me sleep?"

When Xue Baochai saw that Jia Rui finally woke up, she quickly fell to his side and said in Jia Rui's ear:

"Sir, there are angels outside delivering the message."

Jia Rui, who was still in a daze at first, immediately woke up after hearing these words.

I saw Jia Rui suddenly sitting up from the bed, and then started shouting, "Where are my shoes and my clothes? Quick, find them."

Xue Baochai and Brother Ying struggled for a while, and finally sent Jia Rui to get dressed.

Then Jia Rui hurriedly left the yard and saw four or five maids outside the yard. They were already waiting for Jia Rui with angry lanterns. The leader was Ying'er.

As Jia Rui hurried out, he asked Ying'er who was following him, "Who is here to deliver the order? Do you know what it is about?"

Jia Rui's heart was already in his throat now, because an angel suddenly came over in the middle of the night, something big must have happened.

"It's a eunuch I've never seen before." Ying'er replied immediately.

Jia Rui, who was still walking out in a hurry, suddenly stopped.

You know, Jia Rui is a popular person in the palace, and all the more famous eunuchs will come to Jia Rui's house. Ying'er has probably seen these people.

But now a strange eunuch came to convey the order, which made Jia Rui undecided. What happened in the palace?

Could it be that the Supreme Emperor has passed away, and the emperor did not announce the funeral secretly, and then wanted to trick himself into the palace.

Jia Rui's heart turned in circles. He did not continue to go out, but said to Ying'er: "Go and tell the eunuch who told me that I drank too much and haven't woken up yet. Let him wait for a while." Wait a moment."

Ying'er was stunned for a moment. Although she didn't understand what Jia Rui meant, she still nodded and hurried away with the two maids.

Jia Rui waved away the few maids who were following him, then tiptoed directly to the room from the side, and then arrived at the outer courtyard after a few ups and downs.

Jia Rui landed in the courtyard where his own soldiers lived.

These soldiers were all carefully selected and trained, and they were loyal to Jia Rui. They were also taught some martial arts skills popular in the martial arts world by Jia Rui.

The combat effectiveness of these people can be said to be comparable to ordinary generals in the world of Dream of Red Mansions.

As soon as Jia Rui landed, before he had taken a few steps, the door of a room was pushed open, and four or five people poured out of it.

It turns out that even if these soldiers sleep at night, they still have to leave a few people on duty at night, so they noticed it as soon as Jia Rui came in.

Only a few people came and knelt down in front of Jia Rui, "What are your orders, sir?"

"You guys go to Long Jinwei, Infantry Command Yamen, and Jingying respectively to meet with their generals to see if anyone can mobilize troops into the palace." Jia Rui said in a hurried tone.

The Qing soldiers nodded after hearing this, then tiptoed to the floor and disappeared into the night.

At this time, the lights in other rooms also turned on one after another, and then hundreds of soldiers came out of each room and lined up neatly in front of Jia Rui.

Jia Rui stood in the yard with his eyes closed, waiting silently.

And all the soldiers stood in front of Jia Rui in silence, like warriors ready to die at any time.

After about half an hour, a voice first fell into the courtyard. The person came quickly to Jia Rui and reported without even taking a breath: "Sir, Captain Long is fine."

Jia Rui breathed a long sigh of relief.

Even though there are not many people in the Longjing Lieutenant, the Longjing Lieutenant controls a part of the intelligence agency for the first time.

In addition, after Jia Ruinei took charge of the guards, he specially strengthened the Long Jinwei. Therefore, the Long Jinwei's intelligence agency may not be as good as the Intelligence Department in other places, but in the palace, the Intelligence Department's intelligence capabilities are still better. It's really not as good as Long Jinwei. Now that Long Jinwei says there is nothing going on in the palace, there will be no big problems.

However, for the sake of safety, Jia Rui did not leave immediately to receive the order, but continued to wait there.

Another quarter of an hour later, another figure came down and said, "Sir, the infantry commander's office is fine."

Jia Rui was really relieved this time.

The infantry commander's office controls the security and defense of the entire capital. At the same time, the gates leading to the outside of the city are also controlled by the infantry commander's office.

If nothing strange happens in the infantry commander's office, then there won't be anything big happening in the Beijing camp.

Of course, there is no guarantee. Some people have already placed some manpower in the Beijing camp, and now they suddenly attack.

Therefore, although he was already 70-80% certain that there would be no mutiny or the like, Jia Rui decided to wait a little longer for the sake of safety.

After another stick of incense, the last person finally came to Jia Rui.

"My lord, everything is business as usual in the capital camp."

After hearing this, Jia Rui finally relaxed completely. He took a breath, and then said to the soldiers present:

"Get ready each and follow me to the palace in a moment."

As long as there is no large army dispatched, Jia Rui believes that there are some Xiaoxiao in the palace who have inappropriate thoughts. With his magical skills and the protection of these personal soldiers, there will be no problem.

After listening to Jia Rui's instructions, these soldiers immediately returned to their rooms. When they came out soon, they were wearing helmets, armor, robes, and belts. They had steel knives on their waists and long guns in their hands.

Then the courtyard door was opened, and these soldiers escorted Jia Rui to the study room in front.

Arriving here, Jia Rui asked his soldiers to hide nearby temporarily.

Just when Jia Rui was about to ask someone to pass on the angel, Wangcai ran over carefully from not far away.

It turns out that although Wangcai is Jia Rui's personal servant and has Jia Rui's trust, it is precisely because of this that he has other rooms in the yard, not with the soldiers.

When Jia Rui and others came outside the study, Wangcai, who had been alert all the time, got up and came over to say hello to Jia Rui.

"Where is the angel?"

"Go back to the uncle, the angel is in Wuantang."

Wuantang is the main hall of Dingxihou Mansion.

Jia Rui hurriedly led others outside Wu'an Hall.

When I arrived here, I saw that the lights were brightly lit, many young men were standing quietly on both sides, and there were two young eunuchs outside Wu'an Hall, anxiously visiting.

A young eunuch with sharp eyes saw Jia Rui and several people hurriedly came to this side. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then trotted to Jia Rui, saluted, and then said anxiously:

"Master Hou, you are finally here."

Jia Rui looked up and down and found that this eunuch was indeed unfamiliar.

"Why is this little father-in-law so unfamiliar?"

The little eunuch said quickly: "This slave is serving Concubine Zhen. I have never met the Marquis."

Once he heard that he was serving Concubine Zhen, Jia Rui was finally relieved.

Some time ago, the Supreme Emperor said that Concubine Zhen's body was failing. Calculating time, it was at this time.

"What is the emperor's will?"

"The concubine is in ill health. The Supreme Emperor asked the Marquis to enter the palace immediately."

"Okay, let's leave now." Jia Rui looked very anxious.

Then Jia Rui ordered people to prepare carriages and horses. He and Angel had tea here for a while.

Without even half a stick of incense, Wangcai ran back and said, "Master, everything is ready. You can set off."

Jia Rui then hurriedly left Dingxihou's Mansion with the eunuch, then rode a horse and a carriage, arriving at the entrance of the palace like a gust of wind.

There were already eunuchs waiting at the palace gate, so as soon as Jia Rui arrived, he immediately led Jia Rui into the palace from the small door. After that, a group of people came to the harem in a hurry and walked around, turning to Jia Rui. A place I haven't been to before.

I saw that this small palace was decorated with splendor and splendor. Not to mention other places, it was several times better than Jia Yuanchun's Fengzao Palace.

There was someone to help him come here, and soon Jia Rui entered the inner palace. When he came in, he saw seven or eight old doctors from the Taiyuan Hospital muttering there.

Qin Shun was pacing back and forth anxiously. When he saw Jia Rui coming in, his face was filled with surprise, and then he grabbed Jia Rui and walked inside.

Afterwards, I came outside a palace and saw the palace and eunuchs standing on both sides in silence. They all lowered their heads and looked at their feet, wishing they could become invisible.

Just by looking at this, Jia Rui knew that something was really wrong with Concubine Zhen.

After arriving here, Qin Shun did not take Jia Rui in, but went in first to report.

After a while, a eunuch came out and took Jia Rui inside.

Jia Rui entered and met the Emperor who was crying with tears streaming down his face.

(End of this chapter)